Short Malay Poems

Limerick: Once Indian Virgin met Peking Man

Once Indian Virgin met Peking Man
They spoke together in Malay van
North Koreans wondered	
What in her ear thundered
Thai rebels found her fried in Japan.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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The Malay Pantun:  The Non-Party Communal Triumvirate

Ursidae carnivora hug and hibernate
   Hypolais polyglottes trill without triumph
Alliance Party* wins and vituperate
   Opposition parties coagulate without lymph

•	The ruling Malaysian communal triumvirate – 
since Independence in 1957.

© T. Wignesan, Paris - 2013...

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COPLA 103 RESOLUTION : This Bad Guy World

Roughly speaking hindus are Indians
North Americans protestant :
Give or take some

Most catholics invest Europeans
Plus the South American continent :
Save Brit Kingdom

Almost all the Malay world’s muslim
Likewise Maghreb and the Middle-East :
Africa mixed

Buddhist tour à tour East Asian
Chinese orthodox Slavs communist :
Rest animist

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014...

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Nais ko nang mamatay
Matagal kong hinintay;
Tumabi sa'yo itay.
Putulin na ang buhay
Sa mundong walang saysay
Wala mang kaagapay,
Pantunaw lang ng atay.
Suko na Sa'yong kamay;
Ang walang kwentang bagay....
Puro sakin inilagay.
 Bandera'y winagayway
Sa darating kong lamay
Iyak niyong malumanay,
Sa tahanang napilay.
 Ngiti na walang kulay
Gabi na walang gabay
Concencia na nahalay...
Walang kamalay-malay...
Hindi na makasabay...
Wala nang pantay-pantay...
 Nais ko nang mamatay...

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Je t’aime


        I met this French Girl
And I said to her, je t’aime
	I met this German Girl
And l said to her, ich liebe dich
	I met this Italian Girl
And I said to her, tia amo
	I met this Malay Girl
And I said to her, aku cinta padamu
	I met this Korean Girl
And I said to her, sa rang hae yo
	I met this Thai Girl
And I said to her, chan rak khun

        I may know how 
to “This” In many Languages
	But I am only
Saying  that  “I Love You”. 


Travis “Ceijaeh” Klelin...

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