Writings of RIZAL
POETRY
• Sa Aking mga Kababata
Unang Tula ni Rizal sa edad 8, isinulat sa katutubong
wika "SA AKING MGA KABATA".
Strong sentiments and remarkable eloquence indeed
particularly since they are attribuited to a child
• MI PRIMERA INSPIRACIÓN
My First Inspiration English translation
This poem was written by José Rizal at age nine or by his
nephew, Antonio Lopez-Rizal (Narcisa's son) whose
handwriting was similar to his uncle's.
• A la juventud filipina
Written by Rizal in Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas at the
age of 18
The poem was presented in 1879 in Manila at a literary
contest held in the Manila Lyceum of Art and Literature, a
society of literary men and artists, where he won the first
prize, composed of a feather-shaped silver pen and a
diploma.
"Sa Kabataang Pilipino" Tagalog translation
"To The Philippine Youth“ English translation
• Por La Educación (Recibe Lustre La Patria )
A poem written in 1876 by José Rizal
“Education Gives Luster To The Motherland” english
translation
• Felictación
Rizal was fourteen years old when he wrote this poem in
1875. Rizal congratulates Antonio Lopez, his bother-in-
law (husband of his sister, Narcisa) on his saint’s day.
“Las hermanas de tu esposa
Te felicitan en tus días.”
“The sisters of your wife
Greet you on your feast day.”
• To Miss C.O. y R.
Jose Rizal tries to express his feelings to Miss Consuelo
Ortiga y Rey (C.O.y R.)
Through a dark and depressing tone and imagery,
perhaps it means a love that is not meant to be.
• Me Piden Versos
He joined the Circulo Hispano Filipino and wrote the
poem
It was published October 7, 1882.
“They Asked Me for Verses” english translation
“Pinapatula ako” Filipino virsion
• Canto de María Clara
Song of Maria Clara english translation
Maria Clara is a character in Rizal's novel "Noli Me
Tangere." She is the sweetheart of Ibarra Crisostomo.
Later, upon hearing of his death, she becomes a nun.
A poem written by Jose Rizal and can be found in Chapter
23 of his novel Noli Me Tangere.
• Alianza Intima Entre La Religión Y La Education
This poem was written by Rizal was almost at the age of
fifteen and a student at the Ateneo not long before he
graduated.
It may be noted that the Jesuits held to a strong
relationship between education and faith, the ratio
studiorum
The Intimate Alliance Between Religion and Education
english translation
19 April 1876
• Canto del Viajero
Awit ng Manlalakbay- 1896
was composed in Dapitan when he received a notice
from the Spanish Government that he would be sent as a
volunteer physician to the then epidemic-ridden Cuba.
• To My Muse
part of a series of nineteen verses published in La
Solidaridad for which Jose Rizal used his favorite pen
name of Laong Laan
• Mi Retiro
My Retreat
 Isinulat ito ni Rizal tungkol sa kanyang buhay bilang • To the Child Jesus
isang exile sa Dapitan. • Sa Sanggol na si Jesus

• Mi Ultimo Adiós PLAY

It first appeared in print not in Manila but in Hong Kong in
1897
Rizal did not inscribe a title to this poem. Rizal's friend
and fellow reformist Mariano Ponce, affixed the title Mi
Último Pensamiento (My Last Thoughts). But preferred
over his title was "Ultimo Adios" which was the title it
appeared under when Fr. Mariano Dacanay, who received
a copy of the poem while a prisoner in Bilibid, published
it in the first issue of La Independencia on Sept. 25,
1898.
"PAHIMAKAS“ tagalong translation by Andres Bonifacio
"My Last Farewell“ by Charles Derbyshire
he was able to pass the poem on to his family by hiding it
in a an alcohol burner.
• El Consejo de los Dioses
The Council of the Gods
The play won the 1st prize award in a 1880-1881
literary contest commemorating the death of Cervantes
sponsored by the Liceo Artistico Literario de Manila.
Rizal wrote it when he was a student at Ateneo when he
was 19 or 20 years old.
The work shows Rizal's amazing knowledge of the
intricacies of Roman mythology. and reveals the
humanistic education of the Philippines at the time and
his answer to scholasticism.
first published in 1880 in Manila by the Liceo Artistico
Literario de Manila in 1880, and later by La Solidaridad in
1883.

• Un Recuerdo a Mi Pueblo • Junto Al Pasig

In Memory of my town Along the Pasig english translation
Kalamba – La Laguna 1880, December

• others • San Euistaquio, Mártyr

A Poem That Has No Title English Translation of Saint Eustache, Martyr
To the Philippines Rizal produced this play in Spanish poetic verse in 1876
Hymn to Labor from a Spanish prose translation of an original Italian
Kundiman work when he was fourteen years old as an exercise in
To my _______ composition given by Father Francisco de Paula Sánchez.
A Las Flores De Heidelberg
• To the Flowers of Heidelberg • The Friars and the Filipinos
To Josephine This unfinished manuscript of Rizal was not given a title.
Goodbye to Leonor It is sometimes also entitled The Lord Gazes at the
To the Virgin Mary Philippine Islands or The Divine Wrath. It is quite
Poetry possibly the early draft of a novel that never came to
Water and Fire completion.
El Amor Patrio
• he expressed his love of country. NOVEL
Hymn To The Talisay Tree • Noli Me Tangere
El Embarque inilathala noong 1887, sa Europa.
• Written originally in Spanish on December 5, 1875. Hango sa Latin ang pamagat nito at "huwag mo akong
Al Niño Jesús salingin" ang ibig sabihin nito. Kinuha ito ni Rizal sa
 ebanghelyo ni Juan: 20: 13-17 sa Bibliya na tumutukoy
kung paano pinagsusuot ng mga patalastas ang mga
may ketong upang lubayan sila ng mga nakakasalubong
nila.
Social Cancer
• El Filibusterismo
(literal na "Ang Pilibusterismo") o Ang Paghahari ng
Kasakiman
ay ang pangalawang nobelang ni José Rizal,
inialay sa tatlong paring
Sinimulan niya ang akda noong Oktubre ng 1887 habang
nagpapraktis ng medisina sa Calamba.
• Makamisa
(English: After mass) is a Tagalog unfinished novel
written by José Rizal.
The original manuscript was found by historian Ambeth
Ocampo in 1987 while he was going through a 245-page
collection of papers.
Makamisa is written in pure, vernacular Lagunense
Tagalog and has no written direct signature or date of
inscription. It reads like the beginning of a novel intended
to be a sequel to Rizal's second book El filibusterismo
(Ghent, 1891).
Rizal’s Writings in Ateneo
• Felicitacion, Por la Educacion Recibe Lustre
La Patria, Un Recuerdo a Mi Pueblo, and El
Heroismo de Colon.
• Others
• To the Young Women of Malolos
wrote this famous letter in Tagalog, while he was residing
in London, upon the request of M. H. del Pilar.
The story behind this letter is this: On December 12,
1888, a group of twenty young women of Malolos
petitioned Governor-General Weyler for permission to
open a “night school” so that they might study Spanish
under Teodoro Sandiko.
They finally succeeded in obtaining government
approval to their project on the condition that Señora
Guadalupe Reyes should be their teacher.
• The Indolence of the Filipinos
The article by José Rizal, originally written in Spanish,
was published in La Solidaridad in five installments, from
July 15 to September 15, 1890.
a response to the accusation of Filipino indolence.
He admits the existence of indolence among the
Filipinos, but it could be attributed to a number of
reasons.
He traces its causes to factors such as the climate and
social disorders.
Rizal sums up the main causes of indolence to the limited
training and education Filipino natives receive and to the
lack of national sentiment and unity among them.
Education and liberty, according to Rizal, would be the
cure to Filipino indolence.
• His other articles were Ingratitude, Without A
Name, The Philippines in the Spanish Cortes, and
The Philippines A Century Hence.
• By Telephone
In this article Rizal writes as if from the future and, with
satire and irony, condemns the rule of the friars in his
day.
Rizal sent his manuscript to Mariano Ponce and, under
his direction, it was published in Barcelona in 1889.
• Maps And Plans
Relief map of Mindanao
• Made in Dapitan church plaza by the end of 1892
Pacific ocean spheres of influence
• Made during the administration of Pres. Benjamin
Harrison. Mentioned by Rizal in his Article "The
Philippines a Century Hence", made in London in
1889.
Plan for modern college (front and side views)
 • Owned by Dr. L. L. R, apparently in Paris, 1872

The lake district of central Luzon

• Mentioned in "Memorias de un Estudiante de
Manila", 1872.
Plan of the waterworks in Dapitan
• Made with Father Sanchez, in Dapitan, 1895
Sketch of the Lumanao Hill where jewels were
found
• Owned by Ateneo. Made in 1895