Her Grandfather's Clock, His Painting On His Wall

All I know is I follow the clan's tradition,
Working for our keep in our country
Down from my birth in Bataan
To our home within Tandang Sora

For she is the woman who sawed the first Filiino Flag
Having imbibed our leader's teachings through our schools
Crafted as the Grandfather's clock as a ball hanging on a string
From tin cans of improvised toys pulled by a boy through a string

From folded paper boats flowing through water streams
To paper kites in the sky pulled by strings
Processed from sundial to some watch hanging
From a gentleman's belt by a chain

Now the painting in Malacanang palace by Viclarosa
As a memorial to our National Hero Jose Rizal
To grace our presence, cruising the Pasig River,
By some pilot in His Gondola.