Saludsod ni Ading

(English translation) Elder brother, let’s go and see The beauty of the forests Of which the elders spoke Ay, little sister, I tell you Many changes were wrought On the environment Where are the dragon flies Leaping in the air Eating mosquitoes And other insects Gone are the dragonflies They detest our place The poisoned air Manong, let us go and bathe In the flowing river I’d like to catch a tadpole The river is drying up You’ll get sick from bathing there Even the fishes are gone I’d like to drink From the well beneath the trees So cool, so sweet and refreshing The well has dried up Since the mountains were stripped naked By the greedy loggers I’d like to see The birds in flight Singing tweet, tweet, tweet The birds are gone They fled in tears When their nests were crushed I’d like to climb The branches of the trees So that I can see the wild boar They felled the trees And brought them afar For the big capitalists I'm sorry my ading I can’t grant your wishes Our environment has been destroyed We seek answers to our questions What shall be the future Of the next generation?