a clot of silence
a quiver in the bowels of the night
suddenly falls on to a mirror
sprinkling the fragrance of fragipani
to the earth around mother’s cemetery
my hands the soft silk
as though arranging velvet
reaching for Your heaven
that hushes all secrets
suddenly
my odorous and dirty face
kneels
at the door Your ears
then to say a million prayers
prayers of purity from sin
prayers of freedom from revenge
prayers full of regret
prayers that request a million
forgiveness.

(translated by MHS)

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Suamiku
aku tak izinkan
kau membahagi ranjang
aku tak izinkan
kau membahagi malam
aku tak izinkan
kau membahagi pinggan
aku tak izinkan
kau membahagi tangga

Antara kita
kau mentari
akulah teriknya
kau lautan
akulah gelombangnya
kau bukit
akulah batunya
kau malam
akulah gelapnya

Antara kita
bukan puisi kehilangan kata
bukan gua kehilangan gelap
bukan sita kehilangan rama
antara kita
adalah
SATU!

Nukilan Moechtar Awang

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Yang diucap dalam bahasa terindah
Jawapan yang bertanya didengar Nabi
Antara kagum dan khusuk setiap ayatnya
Lereng gunung menjadi amat sunyi
Suara sajak tegas bergema
Disampai arah berkias maksud serentak
Tapi jelas intinya
Tidak sedetikpun Allah menghindar
Atau mencemuh Nabi di sisi segala didoa
Dipenuhi segala yang dipinta tulus dan
Penuh baraqah
Yatim ia tak berlindung
Tidakkah tersedia juga bumbung baginya.
Awal begitu bergantung
Kini tidakkah merdeka
Bebas hidupnya.

Dato’ A. Samad Said
Sasterawan Negara

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Tentang Diri

Kota Bharu Bandaraya Islam, Islamic, Malaysia
Born in Kelantan on 19 February 1956, Moechtar Awang received his early education in Kota Bharu before participating in the Descriptive and Creative Writing Programme, University of Malaya, where he obtained his BA in 1986. His collection of poems Pasrah (1981) won the Putra I Poetry Award. His second collection of poems Qaf was published in 1986. He is currently teaching at a secondary school in Kelantan.

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