Hilmar Alquiros

Ode to Lucban ^2.0

→ A Wonderful Town: Lucban / Quezon!

IV 2020 / II 2026

Ode to Lucban!

In Quezon Province there's a town

Of beauty and of high renown,

Faith, Hope and Love, it rests upon -

The Capital of Arts - Lucban!

Well started by two friars now,

With sixteen hundred Christians’ vow!

Banahaw - its protecting tower,

Kamay ni Hesus' inner power!

Three hunters looked for better signs

And found, like Shakespeare’s famous lines,

“The nightingale and not the lark…”,

Here: salacsác – and not uwák!

So, under a pomelo tree,

They chose the name Lucbán, you see!

In fifteen seventy and eight:

Lucban was founded, small but great…

Pahiyas and the Holy Week:

Look: millions find Lucban unique!

Good people everywhere, therefore

Lucban does flourish more and more…

In Quezon Province there's a town

Of beauty and of high renown,

Faith, Hope and Love, it rests upon -

The Capital of Arts - Lucban!

Hilmar Alquiros, May 17^th 2020

© JesseFrancia2012

Malinao Spring Resort

Harvest festival Pahiyas!

Saint Louis Bishop Parish Church