Текст и перевод песни Noel Cabangon - Anak

Anak

Nung isilang ka sa mundong ito
Laking tuwa ng magulang mo
At ang kamay nila
Ang iyong ilaw

At ang nanay at tatay mo'y
Di malaman ang gagawin
Minamasdan
Pati pagtulog mo

At sa gabi'y napupuyat ang iyong nanay
Sa pagtimpla ng gatas mo
At sa umaga nama'y kalong ka ng iyong
Amang tuwang-tuwa sa yo'

Ngayon nga ay malaki ka na
Nais mo'y maging Malaya
Di man sila payag
Walang magagawa

Ikaw nga ay biglang nagbago
Nagging matigas ang iyong ulo
At ang payo nila'y
Sinuway mo

Di mo man lang inisip na ang kanilang ginagawa'y para sa yo
Pagka't ang nais mo'y masunod
Ang layaw mo dimo sila pinapansin

Nagdaan pa ang mga araw
At ang landas mo'y maligaw
Ikaw ay nalulong
Sa masama bisyo

At ang una mong nilapitan
Ang iyong inang lumuluha
At ang tanong nila ANAK
Ba't ka nagkaganyan?

At ang iyong mata'y biglang lumuha
Ng di mo napapasin
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo't nalaman
Mong ika'y nagkamali
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo't nalaman
Mong ika'y nagkamali
Pagsisisi at sa isip mo't nalaman
Mong ika'y nagkamali

Child

When you were born into this world
Your parents were so happy
And their hands
Were your light

And your mother and father
Didn't know what to do
Watching
Even when you slept

And at night your mother would stay up
To make your milk
And in the morning you would be held by your
Father who was so happy with you

Now you are grown up
You want to be free
Even if they don't agree
There is nothing they can do

You suddenly changed
You became stubborn
And their advice
You disobeyed

You didn't even think that what they were doing was for you
Because you wanted to be obeyed
You didn't pay attention to their indulgence

As the days went by
And you lost your way
You became addicted
To bad habits

And the first person you turned to
Was your mother in tears
And their question, CHILD
Why did you become like this?

And suddenly your eyes filled with tears
Without you noticing
Remorse and in your mind you knew
That you had made a mistake
Remorse and in your mind you knew
That you had made a mistake
Remorse and in your mind you knew
That you had made a mistake