ZIARAHKU RADJA ALI HADJI

Seorang Sastrawan Melayu

Pelataran Tanjung Pinang

deru perahu motor

Ombak kecil

tiba kan pulau penyengat

Kesepian penyengat

adalah kesendirian

kepahlawanan

ketidak pedulian

kesusasteraan

Gemericik pasir bauksit

lewati Mesjid dinding telur

Pohon rindang sela perkampungan

Ku tiba di makammu

tuk panjatkan do’a

getar hapus air mata

Terawang kisahmu

Tentang hang tuah

gurindam dua belas

sastra melayu

anak bangsa satukan bahasa

indah gurindammu

tak seindah pusaramu

MY VISIT TO THE GRAVE OF RADJA ALI HADJI

A Malay Artist

At the port of Tanjung Pinang

the motor boat set sailing

small waves

handed on the Island’s of Penyengat

the Island’s of Penyengat

is loneliness

Heroicness

Ignorance

Literature

Black sand whisper

bypassing the Mosque wall of eggs

Shady trees between villages

I kneeled down your grave

tu say prayers

trembled when wiping  tears

Remembering your story

About Hangs Tuah

Twelve aphorism

Malay literature

So beautiful is your aphorism

not as beautiful as your grave