Lesson 11: Mi Ultimo Adios Flashcards
When was this untitled poem written?
Eve of December 30, 1986 in Fort Santiago
Who gave the title of Mi Ultimo Adios to Rizal’s poem?
Mariano Ponce
What is the alternative title given to Mi Ultimo Adios?
Mi Ultimo Pensamiento
What year was the untitled poem given its title of Mi Ultimo Adios?
1897
Who gave the title of Ultimo Adios in 1898?
Fr. Mariano Dacanay
Who translated the Spanish version of Mi Ultimo Adios to Tagalog?
Andres Bonifacio
Which stanza is this?
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime Of the
sun caress’d
Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded
life’s best,
And were it brighter, fresher, or more
blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the
cost.
1st
Which stanza is this?
On the field of battle, ‘mid the frenzy of
fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt
or heed;
The place matters not-cypress or laurel or
lily white,
Scaffold or open plain, combat or
martyrdom’s plight,
T is ever the same, to serve our home and
country’s need
2nd
Which stanza is this?
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to
herald the day;
And if color is lacking my blood thou
shalt take,
Pour’d out at need for thy dear sake
To dye with its crimson the waking
ray.
3rd
Which stanza is this?
My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat
high,
Were to see thy lov’d face, O gem of the
Orient sea
From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow
free;
No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
4th
Which stanza is this?
Dream Of my life, my living and burning
desire,
All hail ! cries the soul that is now to take
flight;
All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to expire ;
TO die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;
And sleep in thy bosom eternity’s long
night.
5th
Which stanza is this?
If over my grave some day thou seest
grow,
In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the
cold tomb below
The touch of thy tenderness, thy
breath’s warm ower.
6th
Which stanza is this?
Let the moon beam over me soft and
serene,
Let the dawn shed over me its radiant
flashes,
Let the wind with sad lament over me keen ;
And if on my cross a bird should be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my
ashes.
7th
What is the theme of the poem?
Sacrifice and patriotism
In the line “Climb of the sun caress’d” and “Pearl of the orient seas”, what is illustrated?
The beauty and cherished quality of our country
