04 My Country
01 Falling Asunder 02 Standing Together
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Cry my country with the tears of prayer
When the world looks upon us in contempt
Despite of all our noble attempts
To hold the land from falling asunder
Perhaps our hearts could at least bless the day
For we are still one although divided
Silently wishing to be united
Whatever some may treacherously say
We could cry to ourselves and to our God
With honest tears that sanctifies the land
And revive its spirit to once more rise
We could join together and face the odds Soneta 011
In a new brotherhood to make a stand Sonetaria
Or else, let the nation despair and die AD 2002
Cry my country for our poor soldiers
When many are cursing their lonely call
And even scheming to make them small
With a treatment blatantly improper
It could not be right to wish for their fall
Defenders of the nation and its flag
Who have sacrificed despite of their lack
Not counting the cost, giving all for all
No one should desire to see them in rags
Despised, rejected and forgotten
My Country! A cause of shame to their sons and daughters
Soneta 021 Let every heart speak now and humbly beg:
Sonetaria ‘We, as a nation, would share this moment,
AD 2002 Whatever their faults we too are sinners’
[Soneta Namaskara] – [Namaskara Sonnets]