Original Filipino English Translation

Migranteng Pilipino Verse 1: Iniluwal ka sa sinapupunan Ng dusta’t bihag na Inang Bayan Salamin ka ng aping uri’t sector Sa bayan mong sinilangan Verse 2: Lumikas ka sa pag-aakalang Makakaahon sa kahirapan Ngunit ibang anyo ng pagsasamantala at Pang-aapi ang naratnan Refrain: Migranteng Pilipino, iyong pag-isipan Bakit ganito ang kinahinatnan Ito ba’y tadhana o gawa-gawa lang Ng mapang-aping iilan sa sandaigdigan Verse 3: Ibaling ang lungkot sa pakikilaban Para sa karapata’t kagalingan Dinggin ang daing ng mga kababayan Kapit-bisig, palayain ang bayan Verse 4: Isulong ang pandaigdigang kapatiran Makiisa sa mga kaibigang dayuhan Sama-sama tayo’t ating wakasan Imperyalismo sa buong daigdigan

(ulitin ang refrain)

Migrant Filipinos Verse 1: You came from the womb Of our disgraced and captured nation You reflect class and sectors oppression In the country where you were born Verse 2: You’ve migrated on the presumption You’ve escaped poverty through evasion Just to suffer a different form Of exploitation and oppression Refrain: Think of it migrant Filipinos Why did this was what has occur Is this destiny, or just authored By a few international oppressors Verse 3: Turn your grief into a struggle Fight for the rights and welfare The people are crying, please hear Let’s liberate our country together Verse 4: Onward with international solidarity Win friends abroad, establish unity We have to finish mutually Imperialism internationally

(repeat refrain)