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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



Thursday, December 8, 2011

Selebar Rambut Dibelah Tujuh


Kaki langit ubun-ubun laut
dari jauh kelihatan bertaut.
Demikianlah
tamadun peradaban manusia
dibumi pasrah yang dikongsi.

Dari jauh
pekerti dan hemah dilihat bagaikan sebati
bertali temali dalam ikatan bersimpul mati
dengan adab dan budi
dalam sumpah dan janji yang payah.

Dalam demikian termengkelan
masih jua ditanakkan nasi dagang yang lalu
burung-burung
terus jua menenggekkan dedalu
di dahan mempelam
dan rambutan jantan.

Berzamanlah pula nanti
tiada tempat burung nak berengger
tiada dahan yang tak berkerengga.

Selebar rambut dibelah tujuh
Itulah jarak yang memisahkan putihnya tulang
dan merahnya hati
hulubalang tak berpanglima
pelaut tak berjuragan
pelabuhan tanpa Syahbandar
dan Temenggung hilang celana
alahai.

yassinsalleh
1724 hrs. Dis 8. 11
La Cassa Pacifica D Yasleh
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