Ibong Adarna Summaries – Part 1

Viloria.net on 14 Dec 2008

The “Ibong Adarna”, which contains 1,722 stanzas (8 syllables per line, 4 lines per stanza), is a korido or metrical romance that involves the struggles of a heroic character.

The “Ibong Adarna” has five parts:

1. Stanzas 1 – 256
2. Stanzas 257 – 492
3. Stanzas 493 – 858
4. Stanzas 859 – 1298
5. Stanzas 1299 – 1722

Here’s the summary of Part 1

The kingdom of Berbania is ruled by the king, Don Fernando. His wife is Doña Valeriana and they have three sons (from eldest to youngest): Don Pedro, Don Diego and Don Juan.

Don Fernando’s favorite is his youngest son, Don Juan. He falls ill after having a bad dream about his favorite son being attacked by two people before being thrown down a well. None of the healers in the kingdom could cure him. His condition worsens.

One day, an old doctor arrives in the Berbania and says that the illness of Don Fernando, which was brought about by a nightmare, may be cured only by the song of the Adarna bird. This bird can be found on Mt. Tabor, where it perches on the Piedras Platas tree at night. During the daytime, the bird goes off somewhere but it comes back at night to roost, and it sings before it sleeps.

(Piedras Platas is Spanish for “silver stones”.)

The old doctor warns that the “Ibong Adarna” is actually an enchantress, and it must be brought back to Berbania immediately to help heal the ailing Don Fernando.

Don Pedro journeys to Mt. Tabor and reaches it after three months. He is mesmerized by the Piedras Platas tree with its leaves shimmering like diamonds. Unfortunately, the Adarna comes late in the evening. Since Don Pedro was tired from the journey, he was asleep by the time the bird perched on the tree.

The Adarna sheds its feathers and sings seven times, poops, and then falls asleep on the tree. The poop lands on the head of the snoring Don Pedro, and instantly turns him to stone.

Twelve months pass with no word from Don Pedro, so Don Diego goes to Mt. Tabor. He suffers the same fate as Don Pedro.

Three years pass, and Don Juan offers to look for his missing brothers as well as the Ibong Adarna. Don Fernando tries to stop his favorite son from leaving, but is convinced by Don Juan.

Don Juan brings five pieces of bread and decides to eat just one piece a month. After four months, he reaches the top of Mt. Tabor where he meets an old leper. The leper begs for alms, and the compassionate Don Juan gives his last piece of bread.

(Nope, not half of the bread similar to that Fita commercial. He gave the whole piece.)

Source: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ay4sZiIrmp8

The old leper asks Don Juan what he was doing on Mt. Tabor, so Don Juan tells him. The old leper admonishes Don Juan to listen carefully and follow his advice, lest he turn into stone just like his two older brothers.

Here’s the advice:

1. Avoid the beautiful tree and just keep walking until you see a hut.
2. Enter the hut and talk to the old hermit there. He will show you where the bird is.

And here’s what the old hermit gave Don Juan:

1. Seven pieces of dayap (some kind of lemon-y fruit)
2. Straight razor blade (labaha)
3. A golden rope

Each time the Ibong Adarna sings, Don Juan will become sleepy. To stay awake, he should use the razor to make a cut on his palm, and then squeeze some dayap juice on the wound. The pain will keep him awake so that he can easily avoid the bird’s poop when it finishes its seven songs.

(The Ibong Adarna sleeps with his eyes open and its wings spread apart, so you should give credit to Don Juan for having the guts to climb the tree even though he had several razor cuts.)

The golden cord was used to bind the legs of the Ibong Adarna so that it could not escape.

Don Juan brings the bird to the old hermit who promptly puts it in a cage. He also instructs Don Juan to pour water on the stone figures under the Ibong Adarna’s tree. The two older brothers are thus saved, and they are fed by the old hermit.

After the three brothers rest and recover from the ordeal, the old hermit sends them home and advises them not to betray one another.

The two older brothers attack Don Juan on the way home. So much for following good advice, right?

Ibong Adarna Online Summaries | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

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51 Responses to “Ibong Adarna Summaries – Part 1”

  1. on 23 Jan 2009 at 8:36 pm 1|™|

    wala FuH bA mAs MaIkLiH dYaN???

  2. on 07 Feb 2009 at 10:27 pm 2anon

    maikli na po yan sa lagay na yan :|

  3. on 09 Feb 2009 at 8:06 am 3Carlo

    cool

  4. on 18 Feb 2009 at 9:32 pm 4Dezza Lynn

    sana namn mag lagay ka ng mga information tungkol sa mga characters ng ibong adarna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  5. on 28 Feb 2009 at 5:08 pm 5cute panget

    san makkta mo ung script ng mga tauhan sa kwento…….
    example…..
    Don Juan:this is the Ibong Adarna my beloved father.

  6. on 01 Mar 2009 at 1:50 pm 6allen

    I want tagalog version of alamat ng ibong adarna

    plsssssssssss

  7. on 03 Mar 2009 at 6:11 am 7Stephen

    Grabe Kulang ung summaries ng nilagay nio!

  8. on 10 Mar 2009 at 7:48 pm 8james

    Ibong Adarna is coll. I have read it till the end.

  9. on 11 Mar 2009 at 7:26 pm 9* miyuki *

    `* wla bba tagalog version huh ?
    ung summary ng kabanata 3 ang need
    ko ! with pictures po ! tnx .. :D

  10. on 18 Mar 2009 at 10:40 pm 10sabrina

    kabanata 10 to 44 kailangan q

  11. on 21 Mar 2009 at 11:17 am 11floyd

    wala ba tagalog jan?????????
    sana mag lagay nmn u ng tagalog d pure english noH
    ::::::))))))))))))))
    :)

  12. on 13 Apr 2009 at 1:24 pm 12anne

    …..pahabain nio naman nakakbitin;….
    ….

  13. on 13 Apr 2009 at 1:26 pm 13anne

    ….peo infairness funny xa…
    whahahah

    :-) ))))))))))))))

  14. on 12 May 2009 at 8:29 pm 14Sera

    super helpful! thank you!

  15. on 05 Jun 2009 at 9:28 pm 15melds

    hi…wala poh bang vcd nyan?????????para kz sa mga grade 1 pupils…..sana meron ho…tnx

  16. on 08 Jun 2009 at 10:11 pm 16ianne

    bakit po walang mga title ang bawat chapters ng ibong adarna?yun po kasi ang kailangan sa mga homeworks ng mga high school students..

  17. on 09 Jun 2009 at 4:25 pm 17angel domingo

    ala ba tagl0g jan…………………………
    plzZZzzzzZZZZzzzz………………..,,,,,,,,,,

  18. on 09 Jun 2009 at 10:38 pm 18joyce

    hi poh? wla poh bang tagalog nyan?
    kasi poh kailangan ko poh ng tagalog
    version
    kung pwd poh….
    hehehe

  19. on 15 Jun 2009 at 1:04 am 19saPs

    TAGALOG1TAGALOG!TAGALOG!
    EEgH..
    WLANG BNg TGaLOG??!
    “>

  20. on 25 Jun 2009 at 2:07 pm 20jewel anne

    ☺☻$tagalog naman……
    bad trip…….

  21. on 29 Jun 2009 at 7:11 pm 21ron ron

    wala ba tagalog?

  22. on 05 Jul 2009 at 2:48 pm 22tangkop

    parang t@ng@ naggawa ni2 ^^

  23. on 06 Jul 2009 at 9:32 pm 23Lhenill B. lopez

    La Ba FUh!! MasMAikli Jan ???>>

  24. on 16 Jul 2009 at 7:26 pm 24L3lOuCh

    it was so cool may subject nga kamin ganyan eh!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. on 22 Jul 2009 at 7:48 pm 25aGeNtjAn16

    tnx you help me alot!!!! even if I will hve a hardtime to translate it in filipino…

  26. on 26 Jul 2009 at 7:38 pm 26Jeason P. Soliva

    Thankz po sa Summaries nang ibon adarnaB) ^_^

  27. on 28 Jul 2009 at 7:27 pm 27mR.KuPiDO

    WALA PA BAH MAS MAIHKLI NYAN NID KO KASI AT TSAKA STANZA 338 HANGGANG 390 PLZZZ PARA SA RESEARCH KO!!!!!PINAKAMATINDI AKO ANG LIDER NID KO ANG INFO TUNGKOL NYANG STANZA 338 HANGGANG 390 ….TNXXX

  28. on 30 Jul 2009 at 4:34 pm 28renzbor

    uu nga bobo!!!!

    ka inis di ko nakita kabanata 40 gggrrr!!!

  29. on 01 Aug 2009 at 8:38 pm 29voltaire madriaga

    hmm,..
    ok lng poh ksu po sna ung ano po ung bwat stanxas.
    may summary ok lng poh at nsan po ba ung 3 at 4>?

  30. on 02 Aug 2009 at 8:46 am 30Viloria.net

    @voltaire

    http://www.viloria.net/ibong-adarna/ibong-adarna-summaries-part-3/

    http://www.viloria.net/ibong-adarna/ibong-adarna-summaries-part-4/

  31. on 04 Aug 2009 at 1:13 pm 31demiy

    ok lng naman…… hi guys…… hope na may new version …..ahehehe….. para maiba naman…….

  32. on 10 Aug 2009 at 6:49 pm 32dan somera

    anong puno ang piedras platas??????????????????????????
    :-O

  33. on 15 Aug 2009 at 11:10 pm 33vina

    sana tagalog at dapat may aralin para maganda sayang…….♥♥♥

  34. on 16 Aug 2009 at 10:17 am 34phamie

    wala bang tagalog?

  35. on 18 Aug 2009 at 1:51 pm 35christian valle

    wala na bng iikli pa nyan?????????

    walang kwenta!

  36. on 18 Aug 2009 at 7:20 pm 36vince11

    nu b yan!?
    pinagalitan aq bawal pla english version amf
    tagalog lng pwede sa amin
    syempre pilipino eh :D

  37. on 27 Aug 2009 at 6:18 pm 37jemmaruth

    abong adarna is breing discussed im filipino subject so i think it would be more effective if the story id written in filipino

  38. on 07 Sep 2009 at 8:32 am 38mariane

    the summary of the chapter16-20 of the ibong adarna i need…
    and please i want the tagalog version….plsssssss………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  39. on 20 Sep 2009 at 12:04 pm 39cj25

    pwede ung script nya……………….pls!

  40. on 30 Sep 2009 at 7:10 pm 40r0ck!e

    i need tagalog version……plsssssssss………………
    pls
    pls
    pls
    pls
    pls
    pls
    pls

  41. on 07 Oct 2009 at 9:40 am 41eL.eChOzZeRa

    Are there any tagalog version.? I need it please.. Thank you..

    –eL.eChOzZeRa`18

  42. on 08 Oct 2009 at 7:27 pm 42ryoma

    wala po bang tagalog uon ang kaylangan ko

  43. on 12 Oct 2009 at 7:01 pm 43gel

    Grabe nose bleed!!!wala po ba tagalog?

  44. on 12 Oct 2009 at 7:04 pm 44Christian gel Concepcion

    I need tagalog version plsssss!!!oh by the way hi to my mom dinah concepcion.hehehe!im proud to be louisianne!!!

  45. on 12 Oct 2009 at 10:49 pm 45chelsie

    WALA PO BANG TAGALOG????????

  46. on 13 Oct 2009 at 7:41 pm 46kim shaun

    sana nmn po merong tagalog at sana rin my mga script…. as in yung 22ong conversation….piedras platas bato ko sa inyo… ehhehehheheheheheh………….

  47. on 20 Oct 2009 at 8:48 pm 47AmBeR

    Marami talagang kailangan ng Filipino version niyan… kasi Pilipino kasi tayo.. hehe :) ) kaya sana Filipino Version naman ang susunod.. salamat po!!! mag tatranslate lang muna ako.. salamat po! paalam!!!!

  48. on 21 Oct 2009 at 7:57 am 48wawin

    pwede ung book report

  49. on 22 Oct 2009 at 8:41 am 49aw.

    aw. ala bng tagalog dyan. ‘coz i nid the tagalog version of the 1st summary of the ibong adarna.. >.<

  50. on 02 Nov 2009 at 10:34 am 50Karl

    Its too long but its so nice…………

  51. on 02 Nov 2009 at 10:35 am 51Karl

    Sana MAy tgalog nito………..

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