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

Friday, April 24, 2009

Malang Oh Malang!

Perak Berselerak
nak lelong camry
di carpark
lapangan persendaan hak
tak berhak
seloka pohon pokok
si balai-balai,
jenaka hukum lelucon
para badut sarkas
mempersenda maruah rakyat
pada tahap kebangsatan
di bawah aras kedunguan
seekor lembu bunting.

Pulau Pinang Tercengang
dikatakan demi tidak mau
membazir wang rakyat
penanti tidak akn ditandingi
demi tumpuan ke arah
mentadbir ekonomi negara
yang kian tambah caca-merba
Alhamdulillah,
sedemikianlah mudahnya
dianggap bahawa akan sebodoh itulah
rakyat menerima kewalian
seorang perdana
memperlembukan kebijaksanaan rakyat,

Pahang Tunggang Langgang
Perintah Mahkamah
supaya dibayar hutang
tiada sedikit diberi nilai kepedulian
bagaikan suara pengundi pelangai
yang walang berdendang
sayang long sayang!

Jembatan Bengkok
yang lagi berkokok
dulu selaku menteri
nyaring lantang
sokong si tukang batal
kini selaku menteri
tak dilantik lagi
terpekik
terlolong sokong
si tukang nak batal kebatalan.

Aduhai,
Tiadakah dalam Kamus Dewan
takrif perkatan pordah!

Wahai kerabatku
Anak Bangsa Malaysia
Let Them Insult Our Intelligence
At Their Own
PERIL!
Malang Oh Malang!


yassinsalleh
2155 hrs april 22, 09
terasa meloya
macam lembu
katuk
bunting sulong.

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