Outside there was dancing in the streets. Eventually the crowd quieted down enough to sing the Lord's Prayer in Pilipino and then Bayan Ko, the melancholy yet defiant early-twentieth-century protest song that in this decade has become the "second national anthem" of the Philippines. Tears were in many eyes.
Sa labas, sayawan ang mga tao sa kalye. Maya-maya, tumahimik bahagya ang mga tao at inawit ang "Ama Namin," gayon din ang "Bayan Ko," himig ng himagsikan na nilikha noong bagong sakop ng Amerika ang Pilipinas, at naging pambansang awit noong patayin si Ninoy. Nangilid ang luha sa maraming mata.