Isle of Hope

Verse 1

Red sun climbs the Sulu peak

Morning light starts to speak

Across the waves of emerald green

Grandest sights I have ever seen

Distant mountains where the eagles fly

Higher than the summer sky

Pre-Chorus

Soil so rich it turns to gold

Tales our fathers always told

Walking down the southern shore

(Hear the waves)

Need nothing more

Chorus

Oh Mindanao

Isle of hope where the palm trees bow

Fruit of the vine and salt of the sea

You are the pulse inside of me

My Mindanao

Pride of the South we honor now

Verse 2

Market stalls on a Friday night

Smell of durian and citrus bright

Zamboanga blooms in every hue

Same blood flows in me and you

Agusan waters moving slow

Through the land where the lilies grow

Pre-Chorus

Hand in hand we till the clay

Keeping shadows far away

Dancing to the monsoon rain

(Wash the dust)

Break every chain

Chorus

Oh Mindanao

Isle of hope where the palm trees bow

Fruit of the vine and salt of the sea

You are the pulse inside of me

My Mindanao

Pride of the South we honor now

Bridge

Mindanao

Promise land

Tahanan

Dito ang simula

(Sa Timog)

Sa ilalim ng araw

(Min-da-nao)

Chorus

Oh Mindanao

Isle of hope where the palm trees bow

Fruit of the vine and salt of the sea

You are the pulse inside of me

My Mindanao

Pride of the South we honor now

(Pride of the South)

(We honor now)