Mga Batang Sera
||young ones
Junge Sera
Young Sera
Jonge Sera
Noong unang panahon, may isang masayang mag-anak.
|||||happy family||
Once upon a time, there was a happy family.
Pawang mga lalaki ang mga anak at hindi sila kailanman nag-aaway.
only|||||children||||||fight
The children are all boys and they never fight.
Tinutulungan nila ang kanilang magulang sa bukid at sa gawaing-bahay.
||||||farm|||chores|
They help their parents in the fields and in the housework.
Malaya nilang nagagawa ang anuman, maliban sa isang bagay.
Free||can do|||except|||
They are free to do anything, except one thing.
Hindi sila maaaring lumapit sa apoy.
|||approach||
They cannot come near the fire.
Sa gabi lamang sila nagtatrabaho dahil sila ay mga sera!
They only work at night because they are sera!
Ngunit pinangarap ng isa na makita ang araw.
|dreamed of||||||
But one dreams of seeing the sun.
Isang umaga, hindi niya nalabanan ang matinding pag-aasam.
||||could not resist||intense||longing
One morning, he couldn't resist the intense anticipation.
Pinigilan siya ng kanyang mga kapatid…
Stopped|||||
His brothers stopped him…
Subalit huli na ang lahat!
but|too late|||
But it was too late!
Siya ay nalusaw na ng mainit na araw.
||melted|||||
He was already melted by the hot sun.
Labis na nalungkot ang mga batang sera sa nakitang dinanas ng kapatid.
greatly||very sad|||||||experienced suffering||
The sera children were very sad to see what their brother suffered.
Kaya gumawa sila ng paraan upang matupad ang kanyang pangarap.
||||||to fulfill|||
So they made a way to make his dream come true.
Sama sama nilang hinubog ang serang labi ng kapatid at ginawa itong ibon.
Together|||shaped together||serang|lips||||||
Together they shaped their brother's lips and turned it into a bird.
Dinala nila ang ibon sa tuktok ng bundok.
|||||peak||mountain
They took the bird to the top of the mountain.
At sabay ng pagsikat ng araw, lumipad ang ibon tungo sa liwanag ng araw, na may awit na taglay.
|together with||sunrise||||||towards|||||||song||with a song
And as the sun rose, the bird flew into the sunlight, with a song in it.