answering the questions in the mind map.
THE SONG OF THE TRAVELER
Like to a leaf that is fallen and withered
Tossed by the tempest from pole unto pole:
Thus roam the pilgrim abroad without purpose,
Roams without love, without country, or soul.
Following anxious treacherous fortune,
Fortune which, e'en as he grasps at, it flees;
Vain though the hopes that his yearning is seeking,
Yet does the pilgrim embark on the seas.
Ever impelled by the invisible power,
Destined to roam from the East to the West;
Oft he remembers the faces of loved ones,
Dreams of the day when he too must rest.
Chance may assign him a tomb in the desert,
Grant him final asylum of peace;
Soon by the world and his country forgotten-
God rest his soul when his wanderings cease!
Often the sorrowful pilgrim is envied,
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Circling the globe like a seagull above;
Little, ah, little they know what a void
Saddens his soul by the absence of love.
Home may pilgrim return in the future,
Back to his loved ones his footsteps he bends;
Naught will he find but the dust and the ruins,
Ashes of love and the tombs of his friends.
Pilgrim, begone! No return more hereafter,
Strange thou art in the land of thy birth;
Others may sing of their love while rejoicing,
Though once again must roam o'er the earth.
Pilgrim, begone! Nor return more hereafter,
Dry are the tears that a while for three ran;
Pilgrim, begone! And forget they affliction,
Loud laughs the world at the sorrows of man.
- Jose Rizal, trans.
Charles Derbyshire
Mind Mapping Method
1. To what
does the
speaker
compare the
pilgrim?
5. Where will
the pilgrim
die if he is
unlucky?
The Song
of the
Traveler
2. What does
the pilgrim
seek?
4. Why
should we
not envy the
pilgrim?
3. What
impels the
pilgrim to
roam from
East to West?
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