In my early teens I used to write Malay poems every now and then. I adore Malay poems actually and I wrote them as a mean to out-pour my feelings. Young adulthood is frayed with challenges for me anyway. As I get older I tend to disregard this penchant for poems. At that time I was very keenly putting effort to better my English and also putting a lot of effort in Science and Mathematics as the stress on students was at that time. Somehow that interest in writing Malay poems was put in the very back burner and not at all being given any attention even as a pastime.
So today, after a hiatus of maybe fifty years, I wrote one. This one is mainly in Malay but has some English too!
Puding Kuning Menyala
Tanamanku hidup megah
berdiri gagah menyerlah
semakin dibawah matahari tinggi semakin warna berseri
tidak ada takutkan panas terik, tidak ngeri silau merbahaya.
Selagi kau ku jaga seadanya
sedikit air sedikit baja
kau kuning menyala
hanya dengan menjadi dirimu
pokok biasa saja bukan pokok istimewa
kau serikan hatiku yang kadangkala duka
yang kadangkala ada lautan kemurungan maha dalam
yang mahu melemaskan aku.
Puding kuning menyala
dengan kata tidak bersuara
kau ungkapkan ayat-ayat yang terus dapat ku baca
"dalam rencana alam semesta yang teragung
setiap hidupan punya bahagian dan fungsinya
aku dan kau nampak jauh berbeza
ada kalanya sering memerlukan satu sama lain
ada kalanya aku berikan kau sedikit kegembiraan mutlak
dengan cemerlang kuning warnaku dan terperinci urat-urat daunku
mempesona kau dan terlupa kau akan dukamu
ku hembus bara kecil kegembiraanmu yang dulu sering sejuk dan mati
sebagai batu loncatan untuk kau lebih memahami
siapa kita semua di alam semesta ini"
My dear yellow Croton
in the grand scheme of things
every life and even every non-living things too
in this absolutely living, breathing Universe
is actually totally united and totally one!
I have things to learn still
I have roads to explore some more
thank you for your wisdom and your comradeship!
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