Voice for the Stage Exam 2 monologue

Take up the White Man’s Burden Karga mo ang dusa ng puti Send forth the best ye breed-- Ipadala ang pinakamahusay na sinilang niyo-- Send: dala: send; what has been sent the best: pinakamahusay: the most effective ye breed: na sinilang niyo: ones you birthed I am unsure mid-conquest— Sorry, not conquest. I’m forgetting The history books say necessary occupation. The history books say Benevolent Assimilation. The history books say they saved us from the Spanish. The history books speak of rebellious Filipinos. The history books say glory. The history books are laminated in plastic. The history books say they saved us from the Japanese. The history books gather dust. The history books say they came here to prepare us for sovereignty. The history books are preserved in the digital. The history books say we would not have known what to do with freedom. The history books make no mention of you.

Translations

Take up the White Man’s Burden

Karga mo ang dusa ng puti

Send forth the best ye breed--

Ipadala ang pinakamahusay na sinilang niyo--

Translation notes and thoughts

Send: dala: send; what has been sent

the best: pinakamahusay: the most effective

ye breed: na sinilang niyo: ones you birthed

I am unsure

mid-conquest--

Sorry, not conquest. I’m forgetting

The history books, part 1

The history books say necessary

occupation.

The history books say Benevolent Assimilation.

The history books say they saved us from the Spanish.

The history books speak of rebellious Filipinos.

The history books say glory.

The history books, part 2

The history books are laminated in plastic.

The history books say they saved us from the Japanese.

The history books gather dust.

The history books say they came here to prepare us for sovereignty.

The history books are preserved in the digital.

The history books say we would not have known what to do

with freedom.

The history books make no mention of you.