University Choir of Pardubice of the Czech Republic singing an OPM entitled 'Ikaw' with the Ateneo College Glee Club at the waiting room in Arezzo, Italy
The Philippines' connection with the Czech Republic is; the friendship between our National Hero Jose Rizal and Ferdinand Blumentritt who's from Prague. Blumentritt is a place in Manila named after him : )
It’s nice to know the friendship between the Filipino and Czech people was welded by Dr. Jose Rizal and Ferdinand Blumentritt a Czech!! The performance of the Czech choir is so impressive that caused my goosebumps to come out! Thanks to everyone and also for sharing!! MABUHAY!! (Long Live!)
As i understant, ferdinand blumentrit is from Austria. He is a friend of jose rizal and he was the one who lent money to jose rizal that was spent for the initial publication of his book "NOLI ME TANGERE".
I kinda made my own English translation to the original Filipino version. Ikaw ang bigay ng Maykapal (God gave me you and...) Tugon sa aking dasal (...you're the answer to my prayers.) Upang sa lahat ng panahon (So that in all of the seasons,) Bawat pagkakataon (and every moment,) Ang ibigin ko'y ikaw (I will always love you) Ikaw ang tanglaw sa 'king mundo (You are the light of my world.) Kabiyak nitong puso ko (You're the other half of my heart.) Wala ni kahati mang saglit (Nothing can divide my time...) Na sa iyo'y may papalit (...and no one can replace you,) Ngayo't kailanma'y ikaw (now and forever will be you) Ang lahat ng aking galaw (All the things that I do...) Ang sanhi ay ikaw (...is all because of you.) Kung may bukas mang tinatanaw (If I can see my future,) Dahil may isang ikaw (...I can see it because of you) Kulang ang magpakailan pa man (Forever is not enough...) Upang bawat sandali ay... (...to treasure every second,) Upang muli't muli ay... (to do it again and again,) Ang mahalin ay ikaw (and to love someone like you.) I hope you liked it. :D
You, given by God An answer to my prayers So in all of times In every moment I will always love you You, the light of my world The other half of my heart Not shared by any moment Not replaced by any thing Now and forever, it's you All the things I do It's because of you If I can see tomorrow It's because of you Forever is not enough For every moment For again and again(/every time) I'd love you (I made the translation like it's one whole boy of writing but divided through which the lines were. At the last stanza, I translated the word "upang" similarly to which I would for the word "para'' which can be used interchangeably in Filipino. Sorry for any mistakes, albeit Filipino I'm never great with the subject in HS and in college.)
Bravo Bravo..thanks so much for sharing...such a pleasure and an honor to hear our original song by our friends. from Czech Republic..YOU ALL GAVE US HONOR! MABUHAY!
Mahusay/amazing. Nakatataba ng puso na may kumakanta rin pala sa atin sa ibang bansa kahit magkaiba rin ng lahi. It's heartwarming to know that Filipino songs are also sung by fellow caucasians in Czech :)
The gift of music & song has no boundaries - color, race, geography. Thank you University Choir of Pardubice for this wonderful rendition of a beloved Filipino song. Mabuhay!!!!
I cannot even sing this song because I start crying just uttering the lyrics.. Such a wonderful promise. I wish to sing it to the one who God will give me and blessed me in the future. ❤️
Two thumbs up for this great singing of this Czech choir. If i have an extra thumb , i will thumb it up too... I very much Love this performance. Thank you so much guys and gals
You know that OPM is good when wven the foreigners are trying to learn and master the song.hope that other filipinos would appreciate opm like foreigners do.this show that the phil music industry is very versatile that even foreigners use filipino song in choir competitions.
Beautiful interpretation perfect the pronunciation is sooo beautiful. ..their effort s learning the song is beautiful...Much respect for all of you 🙏❤️
