serenade

This poem is the English translation of ‘Kundiman’ from Tagalog. In the Philippines, a kundiman is a traditional Filipino love song sang by a young man to serenade the woman of his love. In the poem, however, the object of Rizal’s intense love was his Motherland. 

Jose Rizal wrote “Kundiman” in Tagalog on September 12th 1891. The theme of Rizal’s “Kundiman” is his intense love for his Motherland.