2. • Calamba is indeed, the cradle of genius
• “Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo”
( In Memory of My Town )
- the first poem written by Rizal when
he was 15
3. Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
(Kalamba – Laguna)
Cuando recuerdo los días,Que vieron mi edad
primeraJunto a la verde riberaDe un lago
mumurador;Cuando recuerdo el susurroDe
Favonio que mi frenteRecreba dulcementeCon
delicioso frescor;
Cuando miro el blanco lirioHenchir con ímpetu el
vintoY el tempestuoso elementoManso en la
arema dormir;Cuando aspiro de las floresGrata
esencia embriagadora,Que exhalan cuando la
auroraNos comienza a sonreír;
4. Recuerdo, recuerdo tristeTu faz, infancia
preciosa,Que una madre cariñosa¡Ay!
consiguió embellecer.Recuerdo un pueblo
sencillo,Mi contento, dicha y cuna,Junto a la
fresca lagunaAsiento de mi quere.
¡Oh! si mi insegura plantaHolló tus bosques
sombríos,Y en las costas de tus rios,Hallé
grata diverión;Oré en tu rústico temploDe
niño, con fe sencilla,Y tu brisa sin
mancillaAlegró mi corazón.
5. Vi al Creador en la grandezaDe tus selvas
seculares;En tu seno los pesaresNunca llegué
a conocer;Mientras tu azulado cieloMiré, ni
amor ni ternuraMe faltó, que en la NaturaSe
cifraba mi placer.
¡Niñez tierna, pueblo hermoso,Rica fuente de
alegrías,De armoniosas melodías,Que
ahuyentan el pesar!¡Volvedal corazón
mío,Volved mis horas suaves,Volved, cual
vuelven las avesDe las flores al brotar!
6. Mas ¡ay! Adiós! Vele eternoPor tu paz,
dicha y reposo,Genio del bien, que
bondosoSus dones da con amor;Por tí mis
fevientes votos,Por tí mi constante
anheloDe aprender, y ¡plege al
cieloConservase tu candor!
7. • His first sorrow was the death of little Concha
(Concepcion) who died when she was 3 years old
• He was called “Manong Jose” (7 years old)
– Pious and son of the Catholic Church
11. •“She taught me how to
read and say haltingly the
humble prayers which I
fervently to God”
12.
13.
14. -His father Francisco kept an old man Leon
Monroy in the family for many months for
the purpose of teaching the boy the
beginnings of Latin
*Maestro Celestino and Maestro
Lucas Padua
- private tutors at home
15. *at the age of 5
- he began to draw with his
pencil and mould in wax or clay
any object
- he has painting ability
- he’s good in playing magic tricks
and skills in manipulating puppets
16. *when he was about 6 years old
-his sisters laughed at him while
spending so much time making those
images rather than participating in their
games. He told them:
“all right laugh at me now! Someday when I
die, people will make monuments and images of
me!”
27. -at the age of 8
I as an appeal to his countrymen to love their
national language.
“Sa Aking mga Kabata”
(To My Fellow Children)
-Rizal wrote a poem in Tagalog entitled
28. Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig
Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit,
Sanglang kalyaan nasa ring masapit
Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid
29.
30. Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita
Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda
Kaya ang marapat payamaning kusa
Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala
31. Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa
Latin
Sa ingles, Kastila at salitang Anghel
Sapagkat ang Poong maalam
tumingin
Ang siya’y naggawad, nagbigay sa
atin
32. Ang salita nati’y huwad din
sa iba
Na may alfabeto at sariling
letra,
Na kaya’y nawala’y dinatnan
ng sigwa
Ang lunday sa lawa noong
dakong una.
34. The tragic incident happened in the family
-when his mother DoñaTeodora was
arbitrarily arrested on a malicious charge
that she allegedly aided her brother-Jose
Alberto, in trying to poison Alberto’s wife
Rizal’s Mother: A victim of injustice
35. The police forced Doña Teodora to
walk in barefoot nearly fifty
kilometers over a rough road to the
prison at Sta. Cruz
39. -GOMBURZA were sentenced to
death by means of GARROTE on
February 17, 1872, at Bagumbayan, Manila
-(GOMBURZA stands for the names of the
three Filipino Priests:
*Fathers Mariano Gomez
*Jose Apolonio Burgos
*Jacinto Zamora
40. -Paciano Rizal had loved and
well-neigh worshipped Fr.
Burgos,
“the most popular professor in
the university.”
