Muslims in Malaysia will start fasting tomorrow. Allow Pakcik to take a slightly different route to welcome this very special month with two short poems. One is written by the blogger Ninotaziz www.poemsbyninotaziz.blogspot.com Having read her work, The Hand , Pakcik was inspired to leave a poem in Malay as my comment to her posting. Ninotaziz later had my untitled attempt translated into English for the benefit of her overseas visitors.
The hand - (by Ninotaziz)
They say
The hand that rocks the cradle
Rules the world...
I say
The hand that tills the land
Feeds the world
The hand that guides the chalk
Teaches the young
The hand that shapes the heart
Calms the soul
The hand that carves the art
Broadens the mind
The hand that reaches out
Creates the strongest of bonds
The hand of the scribe
Yours and mine...
Against the above entry in Ninotaziz’s aforesaid blog, www.poemsbyninotaziz.blogspot.com I ended my comment with the following short poem:
Menitisnya airkesawah
Awan hitam
Diperah
Menitisnya air
Kepipi
Jarijari kecil kasihani
Kerdilnya aku
Dikaki Mu
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