Rembang *)<\/p>\n
When the sky pours down on you with rain<\/p>\n
Only spots of drizzle that you get<\/p>\n
When the sun's rays shine<\/p>\n
For you only the heat and just only that<\/p>\n
When the sea throws fishes ashore<\/p>\n
You only smell their bad odor<\/p>\n
And your sweat produces salt only<\/p>\n
To make your wounds throb more painfully<\/p>\n
Oh, my beloved town of drought<\/p>\n
The tamarind trees<\/p>\n
that guard your thoroughfares<\/p>\n
and the Tanjung flowery trees<\/p>\n
that bedeck your squares --<\/p>\n
just like your RA Kartini<\/p>\n
who has become a statue --<\/p>\n
and a tale for old pensioners<\/p>\n
(Your half-naked fishermen<\/p>\n
your fishpond laborers<\/p>\n
your peasants who pray for rain<\/p>\n
your men who look for wood<\/p>\n
your thieves who roam the forests<\/p>\n
your beggars who beg in market squares<\/p>\n
do they know your beloved emancipator?<\/p>\n
Oh, my drought soul<\/p>\n
Those wanderers who are after something<\/p>\n
only pass before you, darling<\/p>\n
just like the sun, clouds and wind<\/p>\n
-- A. Mustofa Bisri<\/p>\n
(Translated from Wekwekwek by TIS)<\/p>\n
*) A small town in Central Java, where women's emancipator
\nRA Kartini lived at the beginning of this century.<\/p>\n
Prophet's prayer<\/p>\n
Oh Allah, my only God,<\/p>\n
I expect Your forgiveness<\/p>\n
more than my own good deeds<\/p>\n
Your blessings are more extensive<\/p>\n
than my sins<\/p>\n
Oh Allah, my only God,<\/p>\n
if I do not fit enough to reach your blessing<\/p>\n
make it apt enough to come to me<\/p>\n
because it covers all<\/p>\n
and I'm part of everything<\/p>\n
Oh the Most Merciful among the merciful<\/p>\n
-- A. Mustofa Bisri<\/p>\n
(Translated from Wekwekwek by TIS)<\/p>\n
The Sunday Post occasionally prints poems in addition to its
\nregular short stories. Today we present a poem of a Moslem ulema
\nwho is also an expert on Islamic law.<\/p>\n
-- Editor<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rembang-1447899208", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }