Mapung Madura Poems

(for my Wife)

I am the man
who be bold to revoked
...

I don't love you as the mountains
who looked down, stared out to the villages
that terraces.
praising the Lover
...

(untuk Sitor Situmorang)

Ketika tinta t'lah habis
tak ada yang ditulis
...

firecracker exploded under the pillow

the fire is bouncing
burning the leaves of dried mistletoe
...

Rajahan pada tanahmu
seperti aliran sungai di pedalaman kampung dayak.
Tanahmu subur gempal
Bulu-bulu di sekitar mulut hingga dengkulmu
...

Hujan turun membabi buta
Semua dihajar
Genteng
Seng
...