(excerpt) 

So we wait, breeding
mood, making music
of decline. We sit down
in the smell of the past
and rise in a light
that is already leaving.
We ache in secret,
Memorizing

(Tagalog translation by Su Layug)

Kaya naghihintay tayo, nag-uudyok
ng damdamin, lumilikha ng tugtog
ng pagtumal. Inuupuan natin
ang paglanghap ng nakaraan
at umaahon sa liwanag
na payao na.
Lihim tayong kumikirot,
Nagsasaulo

Read the whole poem in English here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/55630/november-for-beginners-56d2376810b48