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VideoJul 20, '08 2:36 PM
for everyone
http://www.filipinowriter.com/up-centennial-gawad-likhaan-winners . 'Awit ni Canuplin' sung by Susan Fernandez at the banquet after the awarding ceremony of Gawad Likhaan - The University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Prize. From the musical play 'Canuplin: isang dula-tulang improbisasyon sa buhay at mga palabas ng isang komedyanteng Pilipino (Isang pagtatanghal alay kay Canuplin)' by Manuel 'Manny' Pambid. First performed by PETA in 1980, then lately in 2007 by the UE Drama Company from a revised script by Pambid.

Original Youtube Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=C5Rjk1ElZro
Photos of the Awarding Ceremony: http://filipinowriter.multiply.com/photos/album/65/UP_Centennial_Gawad_Likhaan_Awarding_Ceremonies

Susan Fernandez btw is fighting cancer: http://www.filipinowriter.com/help-susan-fernandez-fight-cancer

'Awit ni Canuplin'
Lyrics by Manny Pambid
Music by Louie Pascasio

Sa hirap at sa ginhawa, ako'y iyong kasama
Bituing mapagpala ang gagabay sa ating dalawa

At kahit na lumabo pa o maglaho ang sinag
Ako'y tapat sa iyo, kaibigan mo't kadaup-palad

Tayo nang gumaod sa bangka
at damhin ang tubig sa mukha
Lasapin ang simoy ng hangin
magpahanggang libing
magpahanggang libing

Ipaghehele tayo ng lagaslas ng mga alon
Iduduyan sa himig ng hanging-dagat

Tatanglawan ng mga bituing mapagpala sa langit
Haharapin natin ang mahahabang gabi

Tayo nang gumaod sa bangka
at damhin ang tubig sa mukha
Lasapin ang simoy ng hangin
magpahanggang libing
magpahanggang libing

Ipaghehele tayo ng lagaslas ng mga alon
Iduduyan sa himig ng hanging-dagat

Tatanglawan ng mga bituing mapagpala sa langit
Haharapin natin ang mahahabang gabi



Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canuplin
http://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/ntf/downloads/bibliography%20of%20Philippine%20Music%20Theater.pdf
http://uedramacompany.blogs.friendster.com/
http://laneylovesjigar.multiply.com/journal/item/3/awit_ni_canuplin
http://haligingasin.blogspot.com/2006/03/haharapin-natin-ang-mahahabang-gabi.html
http://bhenice1625.multiply.com/photos/album/8/canuplin_in_UE-_Caloocan



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1 Comment
filipinowriter wrote on Jul 2, '09, edited on Jul 2, '09
Just learned this morning..Didn't really know Susan, but we were introduced at the Truth and Accountability Mass in Ateneo last year -- http://filipinowriter.multiply.com/photos/photo/42/27. Even if we talked only briefly, one could tell that she was a very kind soul...I was so moved by this song and the way Susan sang it, that, as you can see, I tried to learn it and everything about it... We offer our prayers and condolences to Susan's family...

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/07/02/09/singer-susan-fernandez-dies
http://www.pep.ph/news/22319/Singer-activist-Susan-Fernandez-succumbs-to-cancer/2
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