Denai Semalam yassinsalleh: Orang Ramai Lalu

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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, January 26, 2011

Orang Ramai Lalu

Sesiapa yang lalu

singgahlah di rumahku

kita duduk di pangkin bawah pohon jambu

minum kopi makan ubi rebus

kita bicara tentang seni

penghias budaya

kita bincang pasal tonil

pejuang bahasa

kita timbang dan buat kira-kira

siapa miskin siapa kaya

siapa pandai siapa bodoh

siapa makan sirloin steak

siapa gulai daging cincang

masak pakai api kayu.

Kita bicara

siapa kutip ranting kayu buat

kayu api masak nasi berkerak.

Kita cakap tentang

siapa tebang kayu,

siapa drebar sentewong angkat kayu,

siapa curi kayu,

siapa jual kayu,

siapa suruh tebang kayu,

siapa yang matanya kuyu

siapa yang tergaru-garu atas

tunggul kayu

sambil tenguk Highlux tokeh

kayu lalu.

Siapa pula

yang ambik tunggul kayu buat

larikan

untuk pamiran di galeri

pengkraf Oneartist gallery.

Suatu waktu dulu General Talib

Belengu nyanyi lagu.

“Buai laju-laju sampai hari petang.

Orang ramai lalu Pakwe tinggal sorang”

---yassinsalleh

2010 hrs. jan 25. 11.

Le Cassa Pacific De yasleh

Kuala Lumpur

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Orang Ramai Lalu

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