Wednesday, May 07, 2014

where art thou?

WHERE ART THOU?







where have that
malay beauty gone to?

-- her mind, body, philosophy, sensibility,
guided by the democracy of modesty

before another wave of madness came
an ideology of some foreign brutality
enmeshing faith, greed, and tribal brutality
uttering words and phrases and verses
sprung out of a tongue
forked with incomprehensibilities

came and rape my malay beauty
of her innocence, pride,
and finesse' and intelligence
refined to brilliance and subtlety

where have thou been -- my malay beauty?
banished in shame?

come back --
i shall wait for thee
a thousand years and more
i shall wait for thee -- ar

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Tiada lagi gadis ayu menampak kan rambut ikal mayang, tradisi Melayu pun semakin pupus sebab banyak yang dikata kan haram. Pakaian Melayu sudang kurang , org minat jubah...cara makan di majlis pun suka nak makan setalam sekarang ni, entah apa-apa lah ! Cakap dan menulis pun ana, anta. Bahasa pun dah selit2 bahasa Arab! pening kepala nak baca tak paham! Habis la Melayu ku.

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