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"Tanging Yaman": Is this a church song?

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"Ikaw ang aking tanging yaman
na di lubasang masumpungan
ang nilikha mong kariktan
sulyap ng 'yong kagandahan

Ika'y hanap sa twina
nitong pusong
ikaw lamang ang saya
sa ganda ng umaga
nangungulila sa'yo sinta

ika'y hanap sa twina
sa kapwa ko
kita laging nadarama
sa iyong mga likha
hangad ikaw ba'y
pa ring masdan
ang 'yung mukha.

I shall now attempt a translation. (Please feel free to share your translations too.)

You are my only treasure; yet I couldn't fully fathom (you) coz the beauty of your creation is but a glimpse of your greatness

I always long for you coz you're my only happiness and when I see the glory of the morning all the more I miss you, my beloved

But when I'm with people I deeply care for, I feel that I'm with you too for they are your creations; but ultimately, it is your face that I long to see.

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No. it was originally as love song sung by Joey Albert, i think. When she got cancer and became religious...this song was made a church song because of its melody..
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based on your translations.. it can be a church song or dedicated to the person who are important to you such as your parents. relatives or the one you love......
yes, it is. it is a song ultimately dedicated to God. the lyrics say it all. Hope this helps.
it is usually sang in the celebration of mass in our country, but it has such powerful lyrics that every one can bond with it. like for a mother and child, husband and wife, partners, etc. i love this song!!!
tanging yaman was composed by nonong buencamino
(Dionesio Buencamino / Dionisio Buencamino / aka Dionisio Buencamino) and was the original score of a movie of the same name. released in the year 2000 it won the 49th famas award for best music.

i hear this often when we receive holy communion. since it is being played in church, i would say that we could consider it as church music.
but we need to ask a priest because there are certain guidelines that needs to be followed before being considered as one.
Haha, yeah, I guess it is. I hear it often when I visit Catholic churches.

A lot of mainstream songs have made it into the church. For example, "The Prayer", Gary V's "Lead Me Lord" and yes, "Tanging Yaman". I first heard it in a Catholic Church when I attended my cousin's wedding. I thought it was pretty cool. And then I heard it in mass the next time I visited. But "The Prayer" is really cool when you hear it sung in church. With the church acoustics, you could swear it could match the Bocelli and Celine Dion version.
A big Yes! It's a church song and usually sang during communion. I know it coz I was a youth choir member for almost a decade at my hometown's church. <*-*>