Pengenalan

"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



Friday, October 28, 2011

Kalau-kalau Ada



Kalau sakit
derita tanggung sendiri
jangan berulang kali
beri tahu orang.
Nanti orang bosan.
Tak berduit nak beli ubat
jalan kakilah pergi cari bomoh
berdukun.

Minta jampikan sirih
serapahkan pinang.
Bawa kain hitam
minta kebaskan keluar
hantu dan jin dari badan

Tenguk pada asap kemeyan
kalau-kalau ada nombor terbayang.
Ambik seluar baju lama dalam almari
pergi jual pasar malam.
Kalau laku pergi beli toto.
Kalau kena belilah ubat
banyak-banyak, simpan.
Beli kemeyan
banyak-banyak
bakar tiap-tiap hari,
cari nombor beli lagi.

Kalau tak kena
beranganlah jadi orang kaya
sepanjang malam.

Kalau tak kena-kena juga lagi
teruslah  berharap
mungkin ada perompak bank
tercicir buntil duit
masa dikejar polis.

Atau
bila jolok kad ATM
ada pula jutawan biul
tersalah masuk duit kat akaun.
Tak payahlah lagi kutip
berangan gugur.
Bolehlah beli baju
lengan panjang belang-belang.
Pakai tali ikat leher,
mendebenglah di lobi pan pac.
Manalah tahu
kalau-kalau ada
janda peremba babes
nak cari escort
pergi naik kapal one arm bandit.

yassinsalleh
1918 hrs. Okt 28. 11
La Cassa Pacifica D Yasleh
Copyright (c) 2011 yassinsalleh
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