Dream and Love

Muli tayong nagtagpo, ngunit mapait ang kapalaran sa ating dalawa. Ang nais ko’y tayo muli, ngunit ikaw… masaya na sa piling ng iba. Ako’y nananatiling bihag ng mga alaala nating dalawa, samantalang ikaw ay may panibagong mundong binubuo kasama ang bago mong mahal. Akala ko, sa muli nating pagkikita, wala na ang pagmamahal ko sa’yo. Isang kasinungalingan— isang akalang nagkunwaring totoo. Pinaglaruan ng tadhana ang puso ko. Kahit isang taon na ang lumipas mula nang tayo’y maghiwalay, hindi pa rin pala naglaho ang pagmamahal na iningatan ko para sa’yo. Kahit may pagkakataong agawin ka muli, pinili kong huminto. Dahil nakita ko ang ngiting masaya— isang ngiting hindi ko nakita noong tayo pa. Sana, kung maibabalik ko lang ang oras, hindi ko sinayang ang pagkakataong ibinigay sa akin. Ngunit ang oras ay hindi na bumabalik, kaya isang salita ang natira sa isip ko: sumuko. Sumuko ako hindi dahil napagod ako, kundi dahil mahal kita. Kahit masakit, ang kaligayahan mo ang pinili ko. Isinakripisyo ko ang puso ko para sa babaeng ngayon ay iyong minamahal. Paalam, mahal. Sana sa susunod kong buhay, ikaw na ang lalaking para sa akin. ---------- English version We met again, yet fate was bitter to the two of us. I wanted us to find our way back, but you were already happy with someone else. I remain imprisoned by the memories we once built together, while you are creating new ones with the person you now love. I thought that when we met again, my love for you would be gone. A lie— only an illusion I believed. Fate has toyed with my heart. Even after a year since we parted ways, the love I have for you has not faded. Though I could have tried to take you back from her, I chose to stop. Because I saw your smile— a happiness I never saw when we were still together. If only time could return, I would never waste the chance I was given. But time cannot be undone, so one word remained in my mind: to let go. I let go not because I grew tired, but because I love you. Even though it hurts beyond words, I choose your happiness. I sacrifice my heart for the woman you now love. Goodbye, my love. Perhaps in my next life, you will be the man meant for me.