Original Filipino English Version

Babae Verse 1: Kayo ba ang mga Maria Clara, Mga Hule at mga Sisa Na di marunong na lumaban Kaapiha’y bakit iniluluha Mga babae, kayo ba’y sadyang mahina

Women

Verse 1: Are you women like Maria Clara Or women like Hule and Sisa Who are submissive and could not fight When you’re battered, why you just cry Oh women do you really have no might

Verse 2: Kayo ba ang mga Cinderella Na lalake ang tanging pag-asa Kayo nga ba ang mga Nena Na hanapbuhay ay pagpuputa Mga babae, kayo ba’y sadyang pangkama Refrain: Ang ating isip ay buksan At lipuna’y pag-aralan Pa’no nahubog, inyong isipan At tanggaping kayo’y mga libangan Mga babae, ito nga ba’y kapalaran Verse 3: Bakit ba merong mga Gabriela Mga Theresa, at Tandang Sora Na di umasa sa luha’t awa Sila’y nagsipaghawak ng sandata Nakilaban, ang mithiin ay lumaya Verse 4: Bakit ba merong mga Lisa, Mga Liliosa at mga Lorena Na di natakot, makibaka At ngayo’y marami ng kasama Mga babae, ang mithiin ay lumaya (ulitin ang refrain at ang verse 4) Mga babae, ang mithiin ay lumaya

Verse 2: Are you women like Cinderella Who dream for Prince Charming to come Are you women like sexy Nena Whose profession is selling sex delight Oh women are you only for bed of love Refrain: Women open up your mind Society needs to be analyzed How you are being molded and brainwashed To admit you’re just objects of fun Oh women is this really your destined life Verse 3: Why are there women like Gabriela Like Theresa and Tandang Sora Who didn’t depend on mercy and cry Every one of them took up arms They were women who struggled for our freedom Verse 4: Why are there women like Lisa Like Liliosa and like Lorena Who were not afraid to fight And now there are so many comrades They are women bravely fighting for freedom (repeat refrain and verse 4) They are women bravely fighting for freedom

*Maria Clara, Hule and Sisa are characters in Dr. Jose Rizal’s novels “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo:. **Gabriela Silang, Theresa Magbanua and Tandang Sora or Melchora Aquino are Filipino heroines who fought for the freedom of our country – the Philippines -- during Spanish colonialism. ***Lisa Balando, Liliosa Hilao and Lorena Baros are Filipino women died fighting for National Democracy.