"AKU" REDUX
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The original post appeared on 26th November 2004. It was a slow day.Today is still a slow day. I will do the sajak (poem) again for the benefit of new readers who were not around in 2004, To those who were with me since 2004, I have added audio to the post.
This is a poem by Chairil Anwar which we had to learn in college.
AKU
Kalau sampai waktuku
'Ku mau tak seorang kan merayu
Tidak juga kau
Tak perlu sedu sedan itu
Aku ini binatang jalang
Dari kumpulannya terbuang
Biar peluru menembus kulitku
Aku tetap meradang menerjang
Luka dan bisa kubawa berlari
Berlari
Hingga hilang pedih peri
Dan aku akan lebih tidak perduli
Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi
Chairil Anwar is Indonesian. If Chairil were from Terengganu, his poem would sound like this:
Bile kene glerang ambe weh
Ambo takmboh sorrang pong takweh
Mung pong jangan jugok
Dok payoh nnangih eso'-eso'
Ambe ning menatang bujang
Kene tohok keluo kupolang
Bedil lah ambe dung dang dung dang
Ambe terajang maroh mmanjang
Ambe hungga gi wala saket ketet ketet
Hungga
Sapa dok rase sikit tuit
Ambe kohor dok cakna sikkit
Ambe nok iduk tokkat langit
Labels: "Aku", Chairil Anwar
