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I have fallen in love

With the same woman three times;

In a day spanning 19 years

Of tearful joys and joyful tears.

I loved her rst when she was young,

En hanting and vi!rant, eternally new.

"he was !rilliant, fragrant,

#nd ool as the morning dew.

I fell in love with her the se ond time;

When rst she !ore her hild and mine

#lways !y my side, the sour e of my strength,

$elping to turn the tide.

%ut there were andles to !urn

&he world was my on ern;

While our home was her domain,

#nd the people were mine

While the hildren were hers to maintain;

"o it was in those eighteen years and a day,

&ill I was detained; for ed in prison to stay.

"uddenly she's our sole support;

"our e of omfort,

Our wellspring of $ope,

On her shoulders felt the !urden of (ife.

I fell in love again,

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With the same woman the third time.

(ooming from the !attle,

$er ourage will never fade.

#midst the hardships she has remained,

)ndaunted and unafraid.

"he is alm and omposed,

"he is *od's lovely maid.

&he song was originally a love poem written !y "en. +inoy # uino for his wife, whowould later !e ome president of the -hilippines after the E "# /evolution. &he rst

line, 0a day spanning 19 years0 was a!out their marriage in 19 2. &he se ondstan3a is a!out their individual lives, he as a senator of the ountry while her as ahousewife. &he line 014 years and a day, till I was detained, for ed in prison to stay0was a!out the hard reality during 5artial (aw, where he was detained as a politi alprisoner. &he author would later die in 1942 at the tarma of the 5anilaInternational #irport.