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Tula/Dasal: 'EARTH SYNERGY 2000' 
 FILIPINO
English Original:

 EARTH 
 SYNERGY 
 2000:
'A 
Giant Leap 
for Humankind'
 On Earth Day 2000, /
 nations of the world 
.....come together as one, /
 in body, mind and spirit, /
..... to stand in reverence
.....before the rest /
 of the bio-diverse citizens 
.....and elements / 
 of our living planet Gaia, /
 to take full responsibility / 
 for past and present 
 ....environmental destruction, /
 and to lovingly commit /
 a conscious synergy of efforts /
 to rescue and heal, 
.....conserve and exalt, /
 our Mother Earth. //

 This is a giant leap 
.....for Humankind /
 right back to the bosom 
.....of our home planet, /
 undoubtedly a euphoric 
.....historic event /
 that heralds a new way of life 
.....for all Earthlings, /
 as we enter the new millennium. //

 Amen.  ///
The Poem/Prayer in Filipino
....................translated by the author

EARTH SYNERGY 2000:
 'Isang Pag-igpaw
 ng Sangkatauhan'.
 Ngayong Earth Day 2000, /
 nagsasama-sama ang mga bansa ng Daigdig, /
 sa katawan, kaisipan at diwa, / 
 upang magalang na humarap sa ating mga / 
 kapwa-nilalang na sari-saring mamayan/
 ng ating buhay na planetang "Gaia," /
 upang ganap na tumanggap ng pananagutan /
 sa nakalipas at kasalukuyang 
.....pinsala sa kapaligiran, /
 at upang mapagmahal na magpanata /
 ng isang mulat na pagsasanib-lakas 
.....ng mga pagsisikap /
 na iligtas at paghilumin, 
.....pangalagaan at dakilain, /
 ang ating Inang Lupa. //

 Ito'y isang ga-higanteng pag-igpaw 
.....ng Sangkatauhan/
 pauwi sa sinapupunan 
....ng ating planetang tahanan,/
 walang-alinlangang maligaya 
.....at makasaysayang kaganapan /
 na naghuhudyat ng isang bagong buhay 
.....sa lahat ng taga-Daigdig/
 habang pumapasok tayo sa bagong milenyo. //

 Amen.  ///
 

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