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"The Yaslehs

Since 1968, when his first poem Sebuah Sumpah Derhaka was published in Majalah Mastika, our dad, yassinsalleh, has written voraciously, but at the same time is so disorganized that we could hardly keep track of what he has written. It is even worse now that he writes his poems in his phone and sms it to us his children. Believe you me, he spent a lot of money on smsing long poem to us that is sometimes lost to accidental deleting. So we, his three children - Yasleh Rita Ayu, Yasleh Hani Wati, and Yasleh Khaliff Amri - decided that enough is enough, we need to keep some kind of record of his poetry, thus the creation of this blog. This will be a cache to collect all his old poems and a safe to keep all his future ones. In the film world, mentioning my dad's name will immediately brings to mind his 10 awards winning film Dia Ibuku in which he personally won 2 - Best Director and Best Screenplay- but in the literary world the poem ikan-ikan di kaca is synonymous to him, hence the name of this blog.

ikan-ikan di kaca
(buat adik-adikku tom dan ani)

pun mentari sudah tiada api
dan bulan yang merdu
sudah sejuk nyanyinya
di hujung jari jemari embun
kita masih belum terlalu lewat
untuk menerima satu hakikat

ia,
kita anak-anak satu keturunan
yang menganuti escapisme
selama ini
hanyalah
ikan-ikan di kaca
ia
ikan-ikan di kaca.

ikan-ikan di kaca indah alamnya
ikan-ikan di kaca gemulai renangnya
ikan-ikan di kaca manja hidupnya
ikan-ikan di kaca terpenjara sebenarnya.

tidak lama lagi
embun
akan kering
dan mentari
berapi kembali
kuharap
kalian sudah mengerti
bahawa kita
selama ini
hanyalah
ikan-ikan di kaca
esok
masihkah kita
ikan-ikan di kaca?

yassinsalleh
Kuala Lumpur akhir 1969
Dewan Masyarakat, April 1970 "

(dari blog ikanikandikaca)

Dan inisiatif anak-anakku tersayang ini, aku abadikan disini.

Terima kasih Abang, terima kasih Along, terima kasih Adik.

What a wonderful world. - yassinsalleh



Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Selasa 14.12. 2010. Hari ke 40 Mummy Pulang ke Rahmatullah.




Mummy sayang.
Esuk
hari ke empat  puluh Mummy pulang.
Dengan rindu yang amat
kami datang menatang duka
dalam pasrah.

Kita jumpa esuk
ya Mummy sayang
Abang kata dia akan cuba tidak menangis,
“Abang nak Mummy tenguk abang kuat.”
Aduhai.

---yassinsalleh
1215 hrs dis 13. 10
perjalanan kl-chenor
Copyright © 2010 yassinsalleh
All Rights Reserved

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I miss you Mummy 5

Yesterday was the 40th day since Mummy was called home, so after sending Adik to work, and having auntie Jen so graciously taking leave from work and lending her car, Daddy, Abang, Auntie and I pack in the car with two pots of plants we’ve been nurturing for about a month, shovel and a cooler bag full of drinks and head off to Chenor.

It was an uneventful drive, gave me plenty of time to think, memories peppered each landmark, and actually threatened to overcome my concentration, so I sang myself hoarse, so I could drive us safely there. We had breakfast along the way, so arrived at the graveyard around 12.30 p.m. The weather was exceptional yesterday, it was drizzling as we were driving, but by the time we arrived, it had stopped and because of that the sun was hidden by clouds so it wasn’t that hot. When we arrive Dad and Abang got to business, Abang raking the leaves and dad started raising the ground of mom’s grave using the shovel we bought the day before.

Dad and Abang spelled each other from time to time, it was hard work, the soil was wet so it was heavy to lift, but around 1.30 p.m., they were nearly done, the only thing left was to plant the plants we brought plus the plant in the pot I left 39 days ago. I was playing camera woman while all this hard work was going on and it was hard too because I kept being bitten by ants and going through the mud in my sandal was hard work. After the grave was done to Dad’s satisfaction, Dad recited Al-Fatihah and prayed, and so we said goodbye to Mummy yet again.

As we were cleaning up and packing things back up Dad told me to go back to the grave and take full shot of the grave. So I went and being alone, my tears could not be dam up anymore; I cried and told Mummy how much I miss her again and again. I think I took more angles of FS than required by Dad, but I guess Dad in his instinctive way, yet again, give me the chance to grieve privately.

Actually it was harder driving back, because we drove to Temerloh and that route hold so many memories, and going through the bridge was hard, Mom, Dad and I have a history on a drive to that bridge (maybe I’ll write about it someday), I think whatever part of my heart that has healed since broke again and I guess my bubble basket have to be back hard at work collecting the pieces.

After arriving safely at home, from a drive that took all my stubborn will to concentrate on, and after eating dinner, I distracted myself with WOW and Facebook games, Dad told me to sleep around midnite, I capitulated , but I kept tossing and turning, I can’t sleep. Abang had trouble sleeping as well, I talked to him about Mummy until he fell asleep but I myself can’t enter that sweet unconscious dreamland. So I did what I usually do when I can’t sleep and I need to, I texted Phil, unburden what was in my mind and cried myself to sleep. I miss you Mummy.


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Anginpun Menyimpang Lalu


Selamat pagi matahari.
Terima kasih,
kau datang kembali.
Putih sudah awan.
Biru sudah langit.
Dan malam nanti,
takkan,
ramai sangatlah nyamuk
yang kelawar
tak sudi datang makan.

Matahari.
Pastikan esuk aku boleh motong.
Aku nak beli quinine.
Demam ini janganlah malaria hendaknya.
Tak Siapa nanti nak pacakkan kemboja di kuburan.

Aduhai.
Terbuangnyalah piatu.
Anginpun menyimpang lalu.

---yassinsalleh
1115 hrs. dis 10
ponson, manchis
bentong, Pahang.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Avant Garde De’ Tempua.


Aku nak buka
Akademi Seni Anyaman
Avant Garde De’ Tempua.

Kampus Induknya di Kampung Ponson,
Pekan Manchis, Bandar Bentong,
Negeri Pahang Darul Makmur.

Kampus Cawangannya
Sebuah
di  Pasar Minggu Kampung Baru,
Kuala Lumpur.
Sebuah lagi
di Tian Nan Ming Square,
Beijing, Tanah Besar China.

Fakulti utamanya
Seni Anyaman Tempua.

Rektornya
Profesor Doktor Abdul Tempua Bin Unggas Al-Ponsoni.

Disiplin Wajibnya
Hati Budi Nurani
Kemuncup & Semalu.

Disiplin Pilihan
Tamadun Telanjang
Dalam Melodi Nafiri
Suatu Kabilah Satu Bangsa.

Jadinya
Aku tak payah risau tentang hujan lagi.
Tak perlu motong lagi.
Aku akan jadi jutawan segera
Untuk buat kampus aku akan dapat ban lalang.
Nak ban balak hutan dah takde.
Dah ada tokeh nak beli ban lalang.
Akar lalang akan diproses jadi gula.
Gula, gula, gula, gula.....

---yassinsalleh
1401 hrs. dis 7.10
ponson, manchis,
bentong, Pahang.

Payah. Payah, payah!


Malam tadi hujan jugak lagi
Tak dapatlah motong hari ni
Minta kelawar datang
tolong makan nyamuk
pun tak sudi dia.
Berasa hatilah tu sebab
aku kata jangan berak.

Cakap macam tu pun berasa hati.
Apa punya kawanlah engkau kelawar!
Bukan aku minta pinjam gua.
Minta tolong makankan nyamuk je.
Itupun tak boleh. Nak kena sembah ke?
Payah.
Payah, payah!

---yassinsalleh
1007 hrs. dis 7.10
ponson, manchis,
bentong, Pahang.

Nak Beli Gula Memang Tak Cukup Dah.

Hujan pagi hujan hujan petang.
Sepanjang malam pun hujan jugak.
Berkurunglah nyamuk dalam rumah.
Tidur tak lena asyik menampar nyamuk,
tergaru-garu je,
gatalnya bukan main.
Macam manalah nak mimpi nombor.
Motong dahlah tak boleh.
Lukah di sungai hanyut pulak tu.
Kalaulah dapat ikan
boleh juga panggang cicah air asam.
Boleh makan dengan ubi rebus.
Aduhai,
Sengkeling ni nak beli beras memang tak cukup
Soalnya:
Nak beli ubat nyamuk ke atau nak beli maggie?
Kalau beli maggie kenyanglah jugak kejap.
Nak beli gula memang tak cukup dah.
Aduhai.
Hujan.
Engkau boleh berhenti tak satu malam.
Bagi aku motong sehari jadilah.
Awan.
Boleh tak engkau jangan menghitam!
Kelawar.
Malam ini tolonglah masuk rumah makan nyamuk.
Tapi, janganlah berak pula.
Payah aku nak tidor nanti.

---yassinsalleh
1437 hrs. dis 6. 10
ponson, manchis,
bentong, Pahang