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MARIANG ~~KILING
by
Jose Rizal
In my town thQ"e is
G
i.:)
th
was a
prov1ne
n v r
iden who inhabited
r
5
t been
r
r mu h ti
road
f nd th
t
r
r ng
go
0
tha.t th
s
with flat
strip
5
only
miser
But it
y
bl
hut with
8.e
I'
turn. have
brilliant
adloUon
r in
as a
er
r s.
t and all
tehed r
of
declar
wali(wQven
y give p.l .ce to th
s the
g ha
tune to
ent as to the 1 cation
h
be th t
the.
n t b en a bl ~
d be utiful
f bambc )e Similar con
Is
VEl
w s
t h r residence
a beautiful
round
II
tb t th Y manto on gr-ace ully
b Ii
n
I- lUling.
mountain which s parates
sed t
are not in agre
de aription~ >hile som g1v lt
lquary
utitul
nd of ,riang
Those who,- 105 ' In'.th- .f r' at.'rh
an
tar
bl
the b
the 1
guna. and Tayab Bt! It is sup
t a fixed looatine
e unter h .
its
eserved a legend.
0
two d\'lelilngs
h
11k
i
rll
i
true.
many wealthy
persons
g to
Ace rdi
w
•
s to
tanf
mo n of t
t
c or
Phi ipptn
f n
ur
• in th
r fac
'. half sylpho b rn
my tery of it
th
t
1'e
tati
n
r1ang Maki11ng is presel'ved
pir1t
d
r
th
ended h r ho
with a thrust
at
aunt ine
t dist
ttrib
t
ts a
to th
n~
th
t
t
sand
es
always a virg151. slender and mysterious as the
nciant
ag 1nst th
servant, wh m w
Iftulisanes"
hay
an amaz
_
(b nd1ts) and kill
of a lance - assured me that iucher';chllciho
n easing
f the raTs of the
a gu t for
lulla.by of the murmurs of the neighboring lake. Aooordin
and contrary
nd light
nh
ga og
G
ession of
11
a f nt
r
• Her
ging- (li
rown
She's
a young g 10
Ion
large
s
ye-litn
a
v
I I
th
l'kogr.malee'; (gr
S6
1
on
wh
ai1'7 tht
not even the flexible blnd. 8 of grass wet' ,bent
the night
of H ~y rrida1~ when the hunters
with the odor of 'tile
They
t.~t
SAy
light bon;N..r&Bt.o attract
on
the
sh'ea to whieh, theY. are $0 'ad.d1oted.o they diecel'!:lfPl het
at a ,: ~stanoe,iWll.obi~(i at t.hE) brj,rJ( of the most dan~erou abye es, lGQv1ng
hE)r hair :to float in the wind all inundated by the light or the
ay also that at t.im
$
(iiex' oneously.passedil
Sl;l. has deigned to' app:t'O&ch
B,nd. disappeared
For' the' ••est
n h
queoti
1 n
aU 11keda~
,tallow bel'
hQUl"s n a
r ok
'Q%'"
them; th n h
.'
•
~$GS.
•
rev,.red her~ and, n~. ~ne dafQd at; ny time t ,
s'W
b en
. on he~:.; She .ha
,.,
t a nv,
t the banK
r'
$ .~
.
~lso
Se
teC1 tor-
as though contemplating th
f the waters., 'fuere 1s 'not lacking an old hunt r Who
COUl"S'
sal~edl
in -th&sh,ddowo! the adjaocmt
f
lhay
Q01\
slow
that he
8S'$erts
v-,
has seen her bathing',tn' 5oltU'~h1~defi 6~1ng
:i,
sleep0
r,
atmidnig;ht.
th~ Qr:1ckot .
"
reigns in. the midst of silenco,
t'lnell the moon
-,
1<jh~
(.'
di·st.iU"bs the
and n thing
•.•
•
"
pell
solltttd.o. In these same hQUl"s., aM'1n the midst of th
f th~
't
.
•.••..
s
e
,
oiroUFlstanc(:ls. is when also ~the sound 8£ h(4' h rp e n be heard. mystexoious
and melancholy Those whohearr 1t< are stop~d bee
distance and is ext>inguishCil4
Her
f
it is l'cm.eved to a'
U! c
when an 8.ttetl'1p~is mado \0 bunt tor :1t&, .
verite walk '.",..
,was, a$ they say; after the,
~tQ~; attha~
.
time ane
,
eal.m. the trees
straightened
their 'bent ,tt'unks; tho riVers 'Were lOCked: 1n
their Channels and the t,1"llcks' of the ~unchained el~nts
When. he poor rustics'
•
jewel
"
returning th
an
,.
.
.'
of Ute
'.
t
of tbe. SlQPes ot, MakU1ng- ne.ed.,a. oloth.ing
Of
tor the $1 n\1lities
'wet'e, ~b11t~at$i ••
•
t.
f
~
.f-
~
sbe loaned .~~
'.,
g1vf' g in addi ti n
&
gg
Q
-
~pon C , , t10n ot
,',
&
whl,te h n that
,
laid
h.a
l
t
hi th
poor old ,Qpl ',who want to,.th
r~e
..•
Q
,
w.lat'Qlls they sa.y. • riang Makiling was ~r, Y chari tabl
ld.nd he rt" H<F.4 mnny times has 'shjl 'not., in tho 'fOrt! of a -impl.
a1d«l tb'
0;1"
"
t}oX' f~r~
00.
and had
),>iUlt1c.
•• to geth.'
- J -
IANG HAKIL
nag to them grains Of gold, money r
w1ld fruits.
wild boar across th - gratis 1 nd
A hun~er who n day
t!
th rny b sh s
an1~1
no
f th
eta
as hiddens From t
aid to hi
oalmly:
hut
r
bi ode
ntera th
surpri
an
ble t
t
som plea
UQ
•
h
gingw"
raoo
ut th.
,:i~r1 thanks,
J
all of th
• h
hi
k a sinijle
'Ih hunter
00. ft.er
At the
s
rem
ad
re
a:1
pursue '!I ur
all t'~ t she
hi
d
G
rture
ba t ( r: ""CW'1 )
urneYe feeling that the
ny of t,
pieces
r
gin
61'
the
and thr
wh n on the following
1 ved to be ginger Was solid
by' the b
II
ty
wi hout
1den oave him
hi-a mother for h r
h.
his sala gt (
0
harm
It.
tored h
t
th
1- )
wild boars
h\""I ) burdened
ala Qt" (
It
don
rms and legs
oinat
EH'ld1ngthat he give them t
inth
ur
e w1t~dr .•
I, l"osigned to his loss
surFrl-se and grief
what th y b
worde Bet
lltitul
b
that
e
ed aooo1n addition,!
enterede ate mea weall)"
boin
e
and you h «
t you are very fat1.
ore: eat -00 late:r
man!! oontus
'lb
t
a hut wh
a tel' a short
merg
"Th ,wild boar belong:» to,
g it- but I s
'n-
ared unexpectedly
160
nd tbr - gh
t e."
day hi
lIaye
mother
Bu
h t
und
t
gold, r81ucent a
t
r1a.ng·
t
l<:Uing w s no
hunt rs;sh$
W 8
alGO r vegeful/l
The maiden
way - pl' serV'
th
a
deer whioh t
t
W
t nder h~rt
and e
eea.bl
07:
were oruel.
durin
th
Mountain,
d y. They
g1v her a pi ce of th _ meat
an
c l'l"yi
et
n old
th
0
rt
that
th
he 'Would go to
hunter"
rt to th
oman Who own~d th
ayin
, at which
se
eni
th y h
wi t.h tb
of a woman•.
n de e nded tlt
had hunt
e
ys b untif'ul
although her ven snccs ne
ft rno
wild bar
'$I
o
s ~ it h
t
o
•
MARIANG HAKILING
ot the mountain.
1he ory
s strange and said:
And anoth r ory, still
That cry surpr1sed
it; their
dogs"
approached tn.
11
on
mora distant,
it, raised
~ing
1n
light
Q
on
descending th
\her
that those Wholaunoh
t
also s ugbt. t
. dlso6l"ned
limb
Monst rs" th
t a distano
tri
g
s
8
wer
tree.
001088
betwe.n
for
ning wit.h
cry had traveled
s of their fir
in th
t10n
r
of the hunters
rested
th
0
e arri
ngl
to m this
adV'l.mtUl"e,
fom of the strangers
the fange which glistened
in the'light
most
by the
removed
41 of 'the
in the meant· e.
of a panic terror
a
nge.
nnounced.
footsteps
Bukal. the hunters
a sited
str
el.fP1t wbioh b. oarried
turned t.o nee
barks
and t eir appear nee fro~e the blo
H who related
did not describe
gav me wer
full
$'
th
s raised .• 'lh' r dogs
the town witho t uttering
'lhe monsters arrived
but.
which the
ther
to
1
e of the bunterst
approach1n~. their
and fro
that th y Were de~ rted.
h
two
1ng whi¢h is called
upon s ein
t
but this
v J.y turned the hea:de Then by the
run with the oelerity
having reaobed
dir
and
but t..~1 t m
cry resounded a a n
11 l"apid1ty&
t the strang
r burd n
hunter
that
s ug t to s op thetn and to' load his firM
So that.
l1ttl
a' thougll seeking Proteot1on@ 'l'hes8,
tl}e sinister
mountain with
w uld permit..
th
growled
am cry resounded. aain.
tin t that both instinct!
•
of the
intrepid"
t.
sh rt a time.
0
rand
ears,
looked aet Dished urt without saying a w rd. q estt
ow'1n the plain
01
their
ssed , the
gae l they were surprised
so tar
It
skirt of tho mountain" Upon h$aring it th~ dogs.pat tail
rt
their
"flu aa •••• Ruy
hunters~
legs and drew I)los. to thermasters
their
answered,
It
they, did not know to "hat to attrib
both hunters;
tt r so a minutes h d
time in th
"Huya§l •••••••• Huyo.
ne'
tAl
in th
of on. of the
The only detail
ot th
veins
whlob
moon.. It 16
ILING
an
that b
h
- 5-
rei
his unole.
1'0
In a few seconds th
bo r and dear which they found on th
to the Elotain
Only th n did th
ground.;
hunters
mons er8 at
oonducting th·
recover
wild
s. ves afterward
tbemselv s, and the brav6r
aimed" but tho shot did not go out and the monsto1"s disappeared.
_t is not known that ~ clan M30
br the
or relative
I
appearsimilar
sona s71n no.ture,lik
tho stones whioh' thcTagaJ.ogs ~a.ll p e.rl.Nor
is her tru
s en to enter
WaS
sn
name kn wn; eh is called
town, no
to take
to giv
her a name Sh
rt in any roUg1ous
remained always tho same, and the five or ::;1,x genera.tions
But it 1s no
H
ny y
.
doe
11s in ,th
6
r the mal neh ly aee
wi
out r ee1v1
that
'rB
vaporous sillio
the water
t least
.or
h
j
killn
de poil them
ot
thei
an old woodcutter
version
onh
ifl
not
or
cross
ermitte4
lcv.
iiJ
rn«1
1"8
gift
natives
r it i
1s
tf nded. because tb
that
of
h y reject
car
in village
who
by appropriating
r
each acous tion and
the
y
Doudn:1oan tria.r
tb
half' of tb
the seventy y
ldling cutUng down the mor
seoular
t it it is not well known b s at 1e
,.ount in; but
rs that he lived
trees, has given m.e
at
gr_ter
appearanoe
ot probability.
At the waterfall
au! t1v t10
rent
It
of the mountain 11v
or
W 1 found.
a youth dedioated
nd he was the support of bis
genteel.
8
to
c stolJW.ry white hen but al 0 d1d not return
who spent sixty tiv
in the for ats ot
another
e1
no" on
harp, a
cl
property
d$e. v llys,nor
tr1 ndly contact
avoid
to give th
gifts loan
riang
-h knew har saw
has n t b en noted on JlJS.k1l1ngl
not go through t,
mysterious
e pIlt the b am for this
not only ~etus
her presenoe
ron, moonlight nights;
from her 8ith
dis p aredt or
that
ceremony.
gs.1~lender and eh sta.
her always young
h
th
1a in order
robust
and a workera he p
S8ess
to th
Id and infirm
,a noble and
simp! heart
oonlflold
d
'0
he was somewhattaoiturn
although
nded upon ,them. the tylhoons
nor did the
n
tiel
boring
~t would ret'tU'n saf
ven which protects
yeu
ys
ll.
ar1n
i .• Su.ohgo
an rewa
y
runs
tho go
8
ted be id
at nig' t£
to oort in
to
tho
the
COnQUGt
ot
h
at
aldn
Mt
s 1
s
of 101 .
s
d1
and it
sons. Nev rthel
torrent,.
130m
4111'
i . :.dated the
fortun'i ecmo ~ttr1but
erious enougn~his short ti
'tain
upon
ap
torrential
ets, ~thers to the protect! n of a sa! t, and others
p ar1s and
th
the , the drouth
Never d d t (;p;1.Qgue decimate his cattl
e
h. d e nduct,
1ble
seemed to respect
rot when th
0
tho dy 10 t
h
s
bee. e the - at beautitul and b st cut v ted.· the 10 Gte n
pa:t'ch the
invi
and unOQmmu.nic t1ve.
lone or
1l\1GS
to li ten to strange voices.
enter
HeanwhUethe t $lG
rm.ye God knows how
rived t: /th
h th
TTlU
goodbye •• '!he seven or·
11n,
gilt y
r-s of li£' of the b.tu.·rack
yo th
s a long
his lifeb
i
vith the whip, ar.
nigJlt
Which
whioh parche
on
5
e
ns
tatton.
bruta.llz1ng and
raphr$.se th
presented t
in th
oth r3 abov all:
and the
lnt of honoz-, a d ometiu); s r
v101ou , in Which th$ ooa%'$6 1nt rjeoti
armed never hef e
1t
youths feared
horne. family, good f
youth
drawing of lot5 for s rVio
millry
t.10 1
des
tis
~~nati·n of th
the most ·0
·n 'is
s wi
a
St
hOl"r1bl
ft'l'"I'1I.!Ul1S
n1ghtmar in order to awaken old,
it has be n
mili
1'7
was n ce
beeo
or
801'y
<omth t many cut
ott
c;
others have pul_
'a
to hi
the ,~trldge;
ng hi. w ymen; and not a f
best pr
autin
a
our yQuth det hded
nst th1
to
t1ng$r~ t.. exempt
to
out their
to
t.h
Ii)
in th
Iv :s trom
1n which. t
time
others h ve fled to the
h 'Ie
ommit..ted suio1d
s
hw
thelsas
misfortune has been DJE.rriage, and th
rry him to a .maiden,
hand.sOl!1<
th
rents
or
.- 1 .•,
MARIA G MAKILING
not very dis
who lived
ountain" Tho ,-utb
nt on the s
not appE)4l"very enthu.s1astio,
with
o. sale aCCGpted it. nav
uch'
oro,$l' to .rre~ 1tnse1f from the mili tnry draf't
first,in
andonhis
01
parent.
qu1ok1y arranGed
Nv
51 ce ther
tbele
So in propQl:'tion
became roo
taciturn
an
and when h
rfiJturned
they
r ply whe' they
less
no obstacl
it S
nd. the day :fertbe
as th
said
flI presenUy
co .un1cative;
hime
1 we.
proaohed
he di
ot
th
for ma. y hours,
and many tim.
breath
evening bat ore th
'ti)er
wedding
t n1
appeared
do not wish to' cease to'
and oom ssian;
ee you
she said to him in sweet
It
--- "but I come to' bring ypu JrlY' gift,
als to
you . eeause I
you Wel'"est}"ong and a worker and I d -air
aw that
your brid
" I have protected
to' m " Got Alt ough an earthly
you have n t had the val r either
and t
t wh
-to h1m.a
the 01· thee and the j
liberty
did not
h
ry bea ty
tones mingled with regret
con ecrated
er not to
I)
to the
y
he Was rl;;lturnin,g to the bouse. of hi$ betrothed,
n ot xtraordi
and in
••
wedding was fixed.
aw h1l!1 to be out
ue ticn
did
ma. e yourself
to contr
you h v
parents)
Go I deliver
in me I
you to your tate;
necessary
nt your hard
ind.ependent inth
not had eontidenc
8.1though
love is
l'va
y
and h ve 1 v
to' have you
tor
althou
0'1,
f te or t
dete
security
of th Sa mo tains.
b v
Y
W 0'
'1
nd·
ur
and stru
c n."
t is $ud
the shSddQWSe H was left
thre
bundl
brid
ate
fo
iden
th
W
s removed to a distance
lmmobile and as if petr1fied;
ow he.r
but she had disap.
wbiob the mal en had depos1t4d
n
ther
'lAna.ng Mkilin
t. on th
h
The woodcutter
p.p
olothsnor
r
no
who recounted
t his
red.
feet
this
1at
1"
he t
He 811 ntl
and enter
used the jewel
r
and w s lost.
It
nd
ek
hip heu
1nc~ then.
to the rustics.
history tome
k t 0 or
did no :wish
MA
J~
=hero, on Warren's typewriter the
"O"" appears almost as a "C"
!; 8 _
,~KILING
••
I.
.:I
what h.er hero was called.
Wheth$r this 1s true or not, I do not know. Various times I have
wandered to the skirts
kUlin
of lI.akiling and, instead
the poor pigeons who oount their
of dedioating myself to
friendships
in the high
r-anches
f
.reminding myself of what &J'iang 11akll1nghas in eked, I have
the trees,
listened,a.ttentive
in
e sile
ce of the forest, to peroeive th
harmonies
f
her melancholy inatrUlJ1ent; and to see if I can discern her ideal figure
fl ating in the air,
nsd by a ray of the moonwhioh filtered
half ill
through the th ok fQ11 ge, I have loft
I
seen. Nothin
Latel'
.r
have
Ih
me at night.
to surprise
ar •
climbed to ti e sa e
ascension which the friars
lit of the mountain (in that i'amous
attewted t
ot
be that
ng with us of an 91'fi(:ial and a soldier
a freebooter,
t e
00
ca
c' ty of tOUl-istS) and we sa~' d lightf\l1. places,
to be inhabited
trunks,
Qet rar
as
V
guard in the
c arming places, worthy
and gr~ceful,
endid pluril8.g : all
o ' ma ch at val' ous ties
the split
and mossy
nss weavo. most b~aut1.fU1laces embroidered
plants from the thr
and varied parasitic
to the toothed broad leaf.
kinds, tall
of the oivil
notwithstanding
by gods and goddess s. Tall trees with straight
amongwhose branches t ie
'Hi th nowers.
Nothing have
or ciroular
w eh distribute
th s and more
their
sym trical
1
palms of all
vas in spao
have seen and admired.
Ya
in order to tarry
nehant.ed place nor the humble hut oftariang
gigant~ 0 fern,
ika form
ecstatic;
but neit
l"iakiling were left
suspending
er the
to be sen.
( Transla.ted into English b:Y9 Arno d H. i~arren from a manusoript typewritten
in ""panish. The rr.anusoript was ty
waterma.rkedWOROr OCO BO D l~l.
brown pa
r. The titl
folllT·nu MARIANO
itten
on white pa. r,
8" x 13",
bound with a ribbon betl'lsen tlo she t
is written
with pen and il'lk oA the bre rn
"per as
LX G POl' Jose Rizal. The brown paper 1s brittle;
much ...•
.ider than the typeWritten sheets.)
of
lIIB.y
be