Genealogy
For Pamusuk and Wing Kardjo
Translated by Prof. Muhammad Haji Salleh
This is my place of birth. Perhaps my tomb
Where life is contained. Ancient valley,
footpaths between the rocks.
Skies, mountain, a genealogy of a people.
The unregistered mother. But omnipresent.
Grandfather – his skull – high
on the sunning mountain.
The tale of a steep country:
A bloom on the stones.
The valley’s drama forever
being rocked in Time’s cradle.
Where life is contained. Ancient valley,
footpaths between the rocks.
Skies, mountain, a genealogy of a people.
The unregistered mother. But omnipresent.
Grandfather – his skull – high
on the sunning mountain.
The tale of a steep country:
A bloom on the stones.
The valley’s drama forever
being rocked in Time’s cradle.
Silsilah
Untuk Pamusuk dan Wing Kardjo
Inilah tempatku lahir. Tempat berkubur barangkali
Hayat dalam kandungan. Lembah purba,
jalan setapak di celah batu-batu.
Langit, gunung, silsilah kaum.
Bunda tak tercatat. Tapi selalu hadir.
Kakek – tengkoraknya – tinggi
Di pundak gunung berjemur.
Kisah negeri terjal:
Bunga di atas batu.
Lakon lembah kekal
dibuai Waktu.
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