Long Malaya Poems

 Translation of Eric Mottram’s Poem 33 in Interrogation Rooms by T. Wignesan

33.  on a vu un homme courir/ de la scène de crime un homme est maintenant en train d’aider/ la police avec...

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 TUAN TATA : Song of Uda - I
by T. Wignesan

(Patrick Noone, a British anthropologist, discovered the Ple-Temiar tribe living isolated in the jungle highlands in the State of Perak on the west coast of...

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A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog. 
The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman 
Strains to see beyond the wheel. 
The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan....

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sinubukan ko
pero hindi parin pala sapat sayo
akala ko ako na
yun pala
mahal mo parin pala siya

eto ang kwento ng taong minahal ko 
ng buong buo
na di parin pala sapat 
dahil mahal niya lang ako, 
pero mahal...

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I shall compare Hinduism with a faith centered on Jesus & show why I cannot worship as a Hindu now. I need to clear a few things ahead of any armchair pundits.

Those who have read...

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Dismantling Of A Growing Nation

Back in late 70s, while I was just another fresh face in a local varsity....
Racial based politics was gaining grounds with public sympathies....
Remembered distinctly DAP, the opposition party,  was gaining...

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Mama's here, little one.
Even when she's not.
Her arms are wrapped around you,
She loves you a lot.

Mama's always by your side,
Even when she can't talk.
When you're at your best.
And even when you're at your worst.

Kai loves...

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We flew through the air on a refurbished plane,
the shakes and the rattles sure gave us some pain.
But we were the ones who fortune had named
to spend years Far East with our dad’s army game.

The...

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The Flag of the British Merchant Navy 

The Battle of the Atlantic

We’ve heard of the famous Mighty Hood that was sunk by a Bismarck shell
We know how many men were lost and the Skippers name...

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One hundred years ago in 1921
The 15th of May a new charity begun
Amalgamating  charities of which there were  4
The Royal British Legion set up to aid those from the great war.

Earl Haig and Tom Lister...

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This is a translation of the famous Bengali Poem " Banalata Sen". The author is 
the renowned surrealist poet of India - Jibanananda Das (1899 - 1954). This poem is considered as his best and...

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Sa isang malamig na sulok ng lilim,
girian ay lumalalim,
liwanag laban sa dilim,
araw ay palubog ng palubog,
dahan-dahan,
mahinahon,
ngunit ang iniwa'y dumudugong kalawakan,
pulang-pula,
ito ay rebolusyon ng pag-ibig,
himagsikan sa araw ni santo valentino,
tulad ng spaghetii al' amatriciana,
sa ating harapan...

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Tomoyuki Yamaa was a Japanese General
Who defeated the British in Malaya and Singapore
Against superior numbers he embarrassed the British Empire
When a larger army under General Arthur Percival surrendered to him

His abilities as a military commander...

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~Another  Day   Again~
 ( Pantoum )


 Another day has flown by again
 And then the night approaches fast
 Bringing to me sweet dreams of you
 As I watch the moon and stars...

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Dafina catens

 ```He cheated```
He cheated and said im the liar,
Aty me ni elder wa brothel me ni malaya,
Akapack... madem ni wengi akaishia ulaya,
Sina ubaya bro ulinipata kwa choir,

He cheated on me na madem wa campo,
Aty...

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for Thirugnanamoorthy

Remorseful, the noonday sun
Frizzles with the stealthy wind
Under the rubbery mountain green.
A calmness has come to rest
From having tossed in its sleep.
The forest has taken leave
Of the hunted horn and drum.
No more the tapper...

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Limerick cochetés: Our great uhr-Father from Africa

Our great uhr-Father from Africa
Hallowed be Thy fame in high Valhalla
	The Asian walk-about
	Down backbone coccyx snout
Who didst Thou mate in Peninsula Malaya

To produce orangutan Malaysia
Did our great uhr-cousin Gorilla
	Chimpanzee...

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Tip the balance

If you tip the balance and bugger the score,
Like we’ve been doing a hundred years and more,
Billions of tree their life force gone,
Tree spirits like a billion pawns,
Cut down and burnt to ashes,

Indonesian...

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Sa kanilang mga anino,
Kami’y kanilang itinago
Lagi kami ang sinusuyo
Na manatili lang sarado

Na dating walang pumapanig
Noong kami ay nalulupig
Ngunit ngayon, kami’y titindig
At sana’y kami ay marinig

At bakit naman kami matitinag?
Dahil ba kami ay babae lamang?
At bakit...

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Galanokir, isang Daigdig ng hiwaga
Kung saan ay walang kalungkutan
Kapighatian at kahirapan
Walang masama, puro kabutihan

Daigdig na walang kakulangan at kalabisan
Lahat ay pantay pantay, sapat para sa lahat
Walang alinlangan, puro kasiguruhan
Walang karamdaman at kadiliman

Malaya ang bawat nilalang,...

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Mabuti't inaari mong kalayaan
Ang namamayani sa mahal kong bayan! 
Mabuti't iyo paring nalalasahan
Ang bunga ng pagkakabuwal ni Rizal! 

Ngunit bamuti ba ‘yong nakikita? 
Siguro nga ganap na tayong ‘timawa, 
Subalit imulat mo ang mga mata
Pakpak...

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Ibong masayang lumilipad
Ang tulad ng payapang bansa; 
Walang dayuhang nang-aapi
Sa lahing tunay na malaya.

Ibong masayang lumilipad
At umaawit na may galak; 
Dumadapo sa mga puno
At halamang namumulaklak.

Bansang wagas ang kalayaan
Ay kumakampay sa paglipad; 
Patungo sa pagtatagumpay,...

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