"Dahil Sa Iyo" is a song by Mike Velarde, Jr.,[1] written in 1938 for the movie, Bituing Marikit[2] and sung by Rogelio de la Rosa.[1] A version with English-Tagalog lyrics, recorded in 1964, was a hit in the United States and continues to be popular in Filipino communities on American soil.
One of the most popular examples of the kundiman genre, this "classic Filipino love song"[3] with original Tagalog lyrics has been translated into different languages.[4] The languages it was translated in include English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and other local languages of the Philippines.[5]
