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Adiós, Patria adorada, región del sol querida, Perla del mar de Oriente, nuestro perdido Edén!

Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed, Pearl of the Orient Sea, our lost Eden!

The opening lines of Rizal's farewell poem, written in his cell the night before his execution, expressing his enduring love for his homeland even in the face of death.

José Rizal, Philippines

Source: José Rizal, Mi último adiós (1896)

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