Pantun - Besarnya sungei sungei sarawak (translated to Engish)
besarnya sungei sungei sarawak
bawa kita ke olympik menang menyelam
besar nya impian pemuda pemudi sarawak
untuk menang sanggup latih siang dan malam
the rivers of sarawak are big
take us to the olympics to win diving
big is the ambition of the youth in sarawak
training day and night to win
besarnya sungei sungei sarawak
sungei sarawak, sungei lupar, sungei rejang
besarnya impian pemuda pemudi sarawak
bawa kita ke olympik menang berenang
Pantum composed the day after Malaysian won bronze in 10m diving
at Olympics London 2012
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Pantun - sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan mengawan sungguh menawan
kampung kuantan river is quiet and dark
the fishermen's oars slice a loneliness
the fireflies melt my night away
their flame of love takes my breathe away
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan bercinta meriahkan percutian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan cinta meriahkan percutian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan mengawan berentak nyanyian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan dan ketawa beretak nyanyian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencerahkan malam segenap
kilauan keriangan berentak nyanyian
kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan mengawan tanda kesucian
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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First Encounter - Taib Mahmud
light smile
i feel the weight of sarawak
in those hands
Chief Minister for Sarawak the last 30 years or so.
first met at the Borneo Post Office in Sungai Antu in the early 80s. See Hua was having its anniversary celebrations.
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Malaysiana - Lost in Direction
sarawak bumis so subtly they carry the tag
with them i dont even feel deprivileged among them
definitely not as an affronts this tag for them
peninsula bumis everywhere i go the glaring
overstatement of a status that makes a society
unsettled, even lost in direction at times
sarawak bumis every other race they view
as opportunities to reap talking to them with
a sincerity and friendship no words can muster
you can even call them a family
peninsula bumis every other race some sort
of a threat, and when they talk, talk to them with
a kris dangled between their words
sarawak bumis they see a destiny clearly
beyond the horizon of friendship
the other, a clouded vision marred
by a metastasis of biases and insecurities
i pray the cancer will not spread
(the third stanza can also be written thus)
sarawak bumis every other race they view
as opportunities that only friendship can earn
they speak to them with a sincerity
no words can muster
you can even call them a family
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Down the Memory lane
You're a learned soul that I admire at all,
In my school days I had a pen-friend a girl from Sarawak, Malaysia
Her name is Punithawathy an Indian origin if I am not mistaken and when I came to Sarawak once on a ship.
I was forty then, little aggressive
I want to see her but I have lost her address.
So no more, life's a dream day by day soulship reaches to the place called 'Anchorage' close to a certain Port,
And then you dropp your Anchor and lay up!
No voyages hereafter!
* To the poet Rahul Aithal in gratitude!
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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Pantun - Sungai Sarawak penghubung masyarakat (translated into English)
joint effort with Hadiah Hamzah
Sungai Sarawak penghubung masyarakat
sungai dikayuh menjamu kuih lapis
orang Semenanjung tersentak pemandangan memikat
menyimpul silaturahim generasi pelapis
translation:
sarawak river helps bring together the people
we cross the river to taste the famous layered cake
the people from the peninsula surprised of the beautiful view
and the harmony of the people
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Pantun - Air Sungei Menyinar Yinar (Translated Into English)
air sungei menyinar yinar
menyusul gunung dan rimba
impian seluas laut di kejar
cekap, sabar sampai ku tiba
(malay language)
the water in the river sparkles
it runs by the mountain and forest
a dream wide as the sea i am chasing
efficient, patience, till i arrive
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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First Encounter - Anita Sarawak
Anita Sarawak
all the selves
bursting at the seams
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Pantun - Arus deras sungei Klang setelah hujan lebat (translated to English)
arus deras setelah hujan lebat
cepat ubah wajahnya sungei klang
bagai kuala lumpur di susuli ekonomi pesat
dulu pekerja ladang skrang towkay kilang
the water is treacherous after the rain
the klang river is fast to change her image
like kuala lumpur after the fast economic progress
those farmers some are now factory owners
arus deras sungei klang setelah hujan lebat
bagai kuala lumpur di susuli ekonomi hebat
bangunan tingi lambang pembagunan pesat
ibu kota yang mulai dari lumpur ke suatu pusat
river klang is choppy after a bout of rain
like kuala lumpur after its economic growth
high buildings are signs of development
the city that grows from a mud estuary to an important centre
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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War Within
Kadang kita harus menunggu dengan tenang
Kadang kita harus segera menyerang
Kadang kita harus mencari celah untuk menang
Kadang kita tak boleh lengah dan tetap menerjang
Kadang kita lembut dan bergerak seperti bayang
Kadang kita ganas bagai hewan garang
Kadang itu akan membuat kita dikenang
Kadang itu hanyalah sebuah kekonyolan perang
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Malaysiana - Rejang River
POETRY IN PROGRESS
I never knew you are a giant
until i went around the country
i saw the Klang and Gombak rivers
in Kuala Lumpur and and were surprised
to learn that they even called them rivers
arent them really just little rivers or streams?
the ones we put pavements over at the old market in Sibu
malaysians should see the Sarawak and Rejang Rivers
to know what Sarawakians mean by rivers
that would be a real integration of
geographical standads and how we see things
when after a rain and the sun begins to set,
a walk at the Rejang Esplanade does feel like
on a beach, the water lapping and splashing
the cool and fresh air revitalising the lungs and body
at sweet and pulpy pineapple town Sarikei
and sugary green orange town Bintangor
and at Kerto where vases and colourful pottery
are moulded out of the Rejang quality clay
Poetry in progress
(to be continued)
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Impian
Impian adalah sesuatu yang dapat berubah
Saat kita melewati waktu atau saat bertemu seseorang
Tidak mungkin tidak berubah
Saat kita telah mewujudkannya atau menemukan sesuatu yang baru
Bila kau terus menyangkal perubahan itu
Maka impianmu akan berubah menjadi beban
Karena kau akan terpaku padanya dan hilang jalan
Impian yang berubah bukan sesuatu yang memalukan
Bukan karena kita tidak berjuang atau menyerah menggapainya
Tapi impian adalah hasrat kita untuk menemukan tempat untuk diri kita sendiri
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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First Encounter - Ting Lik Hung
ting lik hung
yes, even the glance
is calculated
ting lik hung
a towering
Chinese temenggong
(the man was very tall)
met the late leader/banker while working with Holiday Inn Kuching near the former Hock Hua Bank.
The Sarawak Kutien Association has proposed that a road here be named after their clan elder, the late Temenggong Datuk Ting Lik Hung, in recognition of his contribution to the state and nation.
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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First Encounter - Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King
Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King
he sizes me up to know whether i know
how rich a sarawakian can be
first me in the mid 80s at the Rimbunan Hijau office in Jalan Mission, Sibu. I was working with the Holiday Inn Kuching and was paying a courtesy call. Holiday Inn Kuching was then the only five star hotel in Kuching.
Tan Sri Datuk Sir Hiew-king Tiong (simplified Chinese: 张晓卿; traditional Chinese: 張曉卿; pinyin: Zhāng Xiǎoqīng) is the Malaysian Chinese founder and chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, a timber company founded in 1975. Its overseas timber operations in Papua New Guinea is the largest in that country. He also has interests in logging operations in Russia.
Tan Sri Datuk Tiong resides in Sibu, a town in Sarawak, of Borneo island that belongs to Malaysia. With a reported net worth of about US$1.1 billion, Tiong is ranked by Forbes as the 840th richest person in the world.- Wikipedia
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Beda antara kita
Beda antara kita...
hanya kita tahu,
kekuatan kita
kelemahan kita
manusia,
ciptaan tuhan
punya beda
tiada yang sama antara kita
hanya beda yang terlihat
beda kau dan aku
disegenap sudut
disegenap arah
hanya beda!
poem by Qistina Zaini
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The Lost Legion
There's a Legion that never was 'listed,
That carries no colours or crest,
But, split in a thousand detachments,
Is breaking the road for the rest.
Our fathers they left us their blessing --
They taught us, and groomed us, and crammed;
But we've shaken the Clubs and the Messes
To go and find out and be damned
(Dear boys!),
To go and get shot and be damned.
So some of us chivy the slaver,
And some of us cherish the black,
And some of us hunt on the Oil Coast,
And some on -- the Wallaby track:
And some of us drift to Sarawak,
And some of us drift up The Fly,
And some share our tucker with tigers,
And some with the gentle Masai
(Dear boys!),
Take tea with the giddy Masai.
We've painted The Islands vermilion,
We've pearled on half-shares in the Bay,
We've shouted on seven-ounce nuggets,
We've starved on a Seedeeboy's pay;
We've laughed at the world as we found it --
Its women and cities and men --
From Sayyid Burgash in a tantrum
To the smoke-reddened eyes of Loben
(Dear boys!),
We've a little account with Loben.
The ends o' the Earth were our portion,
The ocean at large was our share.
There was never a skirmish to windward
But the Leaderless Legion was there:
Yes, somehow and somewhere and always
We were first when the trouble began,
From a lottery-row in Manila,
To an I.D.B. race on the Pan
(Dear boys!),
With the Mounted Police on the Pan.
We preach in advance of the Army,
We skirmish ahead of the Church,
With never a gunboat to help us
When we're scuppered and left in the lurch.
But we know as the cartridges finish,
And we're filed on our last little shelves,
That the Legion that never was 'listed
Will send us as good as ourselves
(Good men!),
Five hundred as good as ourselves.
Then a health (we must drink it in whispers)
To our wholly unauthorised horde --
To the line of our dusty foreloopers,
The Gentlemen Rovers abroad --
Yes, a health to ourselves ere we scatter,
For the steamer won't wait for the train,
And the Legion that never was 'listed
Goes back into quarters again!
'Regards!
Goes back under canvas again.
Hurrah!
The swag and the billy again.
Here's how!
The trail and the packhorse again.
Salue!
The trek and the laager again.
poem by Rudyard Kipling
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The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.
quote by Susan Estrich
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Inig Takdol Sa Bulan
alang sa mga balakeros y balakeras)
inig takdol na gani sa bulan
ayaw og katingala nga dunay manubo
sa kilid sa atong mga bukobuko
dili nato ikaulaw ang atong kaliwat
dili kita nila mabasol sa atong pagkapak-an
gisunod lang nato ang ilang mga panaw
dili nato ikaulaw ang atong pagkawakwak
anad na kita nianang pagtukaw
anad na kita kon kita unya isalikway
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Basta't Kasama Kita (w/english - 'As Long As You're With Me'-)
Basta't kasama kita
kahit ulam natin
ay tuyo at talong
sa mundo
ako'y ngingiti.
Basta't kasama kita
maglakad man sa baha
sa gabing madilim
sa buwan
ako'y ngingiti.
Basta't kasama kita
kahit maghapon kang
hindi kikibo
sa iyo
ako'y ngingiti.
Basta't kasama kita
asahan mo
ako'y ngingiti.
english translation
-As Long As You're With Me-
As long as you're with me
even if we only have dried fish
and eggplant for our meal
I will smile to the world.
As long as you're with me
even if we walk in the flood
in the dark night
I will smile to the moon.
As long as you're with me
even if you don't speak any words
the whole day long
I will smile to you.
As long as you're with me
surely,
I will smile.
poem by Marites C. Cayetano
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Kahit Kailan
Nagtatanong ang isip
Di raw maintindihan
Kung anong nararamdaman
Dapat mong malaman
Sa puso ko'y ikaw lamang
Ang nag iisa...
Pangangamba
Dapat bang isipin
Walang hanggan
Asahan mo na...
Kahit kailan
Di kita iiwan
Kahit kailan
Di kita pababayaan
Kahit kailan
Kahit kailan...
Bulong ng yung damdamin
Pagibig na walang hanggan
Ang siyang nais kong makamtan
Ngayon ay narito ako
Handang umibig sa iyo
Na walang katapusan...
Pangangamba
Dapat bang isipin?
Walang hanggan
Asahan mo na...
Kahit kailan
Di kita iiwan
Kahit kailan
Di kita pababayaan
Kahit kailan
Kahit kailan...
Kung ikaw ay mawala sa piling ko
Di na alam kung kakayanin pa kayang
Umibig pang muli
Kahit na ano pang mangyayari
Di maaring ipag-balik
Sasamahan pa kita
Hanggang sa huli.......
Kahit kailan
Di kita iiwan
Kahit kailan
Di kita pababayaan
Kahit kailan
Di magbabago
Kahit kailan
Kahit kailan...
poem by Sirius White
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I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics.
quote by Brian Boitano
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