Lyrics and translation FrancisM - Tayo'y Mga Pinoy

Tayo'y Mga Pinoy

Tayo'y mga Pinoy, tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango

Tayo'y mga Pinoy, kung ang ilong mo ay pango
Tayo'y mga Pinoy, tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango

Dito sa Silangan ako ay isinilang
Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw
Ako ay may sariling kulay na kayumanggi
Ngunit 'di ko maipakita tunay na sarili

Kung ating hahanapin ay matatagpuan
Tayo'y may kakanyahang dapat na hangaan
Subalit nasaan ang sikat ng araw
Ba't tayo ang humahanga doon sa Kanluran?

Sabi ni Hepe, 'wag tayong manggaya
Huwag kang manggagaya kung hidi mo rin kaya
Mangopya ka man, siguraduhin mong
Mas mahusay sa kinopyahan at matinong-matino

Kahit ilong mo ay baliko
Kahit na pangit, sarat, at pango
Basta't pantay-pantay, walang kulay
Walang away, awitin nating sabay-sabay

Tayo'y mga Pinoy, tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango

Ako'y Pinoy sa isip at puso't damdamin
At may paniwala sa sariling atin
Gawaing Pinoy maipagmamalaki
Isigaw sa mundo at ipagsabi
Na dito sa silangan ako ay isinilang
Kung saan nagmumula ang sikat ng araw

Ako ay may sariling kulay na kayumanggi
Ngunit 'di ko maipakita tunay na sarili
Sabi ni Hepe, 'wag tayong manggaya
Huwag kang manggagaya kung hidi mo rin kaya
Mangopya ka ma'y siguraduhin mong
Mas mahusay sa kinopyahan at matinong-matino

Kahit ilong mo'y baliko
Kahit na pangit, sarat, at pango
Basta't pantay-pantay, walang kulay
Walang away, awitin nating sabay-sabay

Tayo'y mga Pinoy, tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango

Mayro'ng isang aso, daig pa ang ulol
S'ya'y humihiyaw, hindi tumatahol
Katulad ng iba, paingles-ingles pa
At kung pakikinggan, mali-mali naman, 'wag na lang

Tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
Tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango

Tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango
Tayo'y hindi Kano
'Wag kang mahihiya kung ang ilong mo ay pango

Ika'y Pinoy

We are Filipinos

We are Filipinos, we are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat

We are Filipinos, if your nose is flat
We are Filipinos, we are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat

I was born in the East
Where the sun rises
I have my own brown skin
But I can't show my true self

If we seek it, we will find it
We have something to admire
But where is the sunlight
Why do we admire the West?

Hepe says, don't imitate
Don't imitate if you can't
If you copy, make sure
Be better than the copy and be sensible

Even if your nose is crooked
Even if it's ugly, squat, and flat
As long as it's equal, no color
No fighting, let's sing together

We are Filipinos, we are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat

I am a Filipino in mind, heart, and soul
And I believe in our own
Filipino work to be proud of
Shout it to the world and tell
That I was born in the East
Where the sun rises

I have my own brown skin
But I can't show my true self
Hepe says, don't imitate
Don't imitate if you can't
If you copy, make sure
Be better than the copy and be sensible

Even if your nose is crooked
Even if it's ugly, squat, and flat
As long as it's equal, no color
No fighting, let's sing together

We are Filipinos, we are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat

There is a dog, worse than an idiot
He howls, doesn't bark
Like others, speaks English
And if you listen, it's all wrong, forget it

We are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat
We are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat

We are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat
We are not foreigners
Don't be ashamed if your nose is flat

You are Filipino