"My Final Farewell Farewell dear Fatherland clime of the sun caress'd Pearl Orient seas our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best And were it brighter fresher or more blest Still would thee nor count cost. On field battle 'mid frenzy fight Others have given their lives without doubt heed The place matters not-cypress laurel lily white Scaffold open plain combat martyrdom's plight T is ever same serve home and country's need. die just when see dawn break Through gloom night herald day if color lacking my blood thou shalt take Pour'd out at need for thy sake To dye with its crimson waking ray. My dreams life first opened me hopes youth beat high Were lov'd face O gem sea From grief from care sorrow free No blush on brow no tear in thine eye. Dream life living burning desire All hail ! cries soul that take flight sweet expire sake mayst aspire sleep bosom eternity's long night. If over grave some day seest grow In grassy sod a humble flower Draw lips kiss so While may feel brow cold tomb below touch tenderness breath's warm power. Let moon beam me soft serene shed radiant flashes wind sad lament keen cross bird should be seen trill there hymn peace ashes. draw vapors up sky heavenward purity bear tardy protest kind o 'er untimely fate sigh still evening prayer lifted high country God rest. Pray all those hapless died For who suffered unmeasur'd pain mothers bitterly woes cried widows orphans captives by torture tried then thyself redemption gain. dark night wraps graveyard around With only dead vigil Break not repose mystery profound perchance hear resound 'T I raising song unto thee. even remembered Unmark'd never stone plow sweep through it spade turn o'er That ashes carpet earthly floor Before into nothingness last they are blown. Then will oblivion bring As vales plains sweep Throbbing cleansed space air light fare Ever repeating faith keep. Fatherland ador'd sadness lends Beloved Filipinas good-by! all: parents kindred friends where slave before oppressor bends Where can kill reigns e'er high! you all torn away Friends childhood dispossessed Give thanks rest wearisome too friend lightened way creatures farewell! death rest!"