yasleh rita ayu, yasleh khaliff amri, yasleh hani wati

Introduction

My photo
Since 1968, when his first poem Sebuah Sumpah Derhaka was published in Majalah Mastika, dad 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 9 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

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Kelepek Wek Belake!

Guane pulok
ganu kite ni
nok jugok
merase
se perahu due
jeragang
serupa selera
pipik ubang
sorang putih
sekor hitamg,

Di melake lagilah
lahabaunye
dah kene
tangkap curia yam
masih jugak
boleh jage kandang
hawau betul
bendahara melake
dulu yang buntingkan tiang telefon
tak kena apa-apapun
tapi kelendan
roket pulak
yang masuk penjare.

Begitu ramai
jutawan balak di pahang
yang Long
sorang kena
tanggung aib
pikul malu
engkar perintah mahkamah tu apasal!
tokkanloh pahang doh tok
beduit lalu weh!
entoh maneloh
koi nok nyorok muke
bak kato orang
jando baik
buat malu kon ajo
Ituloh citer ek!
kate pulok orang jerantutnye.
care handelloh awok merentoh weh
lewat amat samsennye!
Jueh mulut orang di pecan sari temereloh.

Ai, takkan tiga saja citernya?
Nak sampai empat nanti
marah pulak Tan Sri P. Ramlee,
Satu, banyak-banyak!
Dua, jarang-jarang!
Tiga, kadang-kadang!

Bakpe pulok tige saje tu!
Doh Jeragang Besor tige sejoli
Datuk Nikoh Kawing kire sapai
tigeloh juge,
tok bolehloh tamboh menamboh,
tok comel!
Se jantang, se betine, se lagi situe banke!
Kelepek wek belake!

yassinsalleh
0232 hrs april 25, 09
di bawah rimbunan cempaka tinggi,
kelopaknya mekar menggapai awan

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