BUANASENI

The Watch, the Clock and the Dawn

Here is a present

Here is a watch

Time for us is inherent

And preciously forged

Here is a gift

Here is a clock

The sand falls swift

And our destinies unlock

Here is a tribute

Here is the dawn

The ever devine attribute

And our stories are borne

What have I got to repay?

When sorrow burns me into a hardened clay

Alas, time has passed and away

Half a century one may say

Leaving no more space to play

And I shall cry everyday

Waiting to be flown away

Here is a present

Here is a gift

Here is a tribute

To men and their lives

Resting in the hour glass

Waiting for the last grains to flush

And may we end in just

By Jo Haq

16 September 2024

10:31 pm

Bukit Jelutong

Angin

Angin bertiup kuat dan kencang

Di kala hidup bertemunya simpang

Ketat di dada belum lagi lapang

Setelah diasah mencabul senang

Dibelenggu warna-warna rambang

Yang mewujudkan rasa bimbang

Hanya tinggal gelap menanti terang

Oh! Tuhan, aku tidak girang

Aku masih berdiri tidaknya tumbang

Melafaz doa untuk semuanya imbang

Menantikan nikmat dan peluang

Agar berjaya aku di hari aku ditimbang

Oleh Jo Haq

13 September 2024

3:17 petang

Bukit Kiara

Jauhari Out the Window

I shall tell them,

What they do not know,

.... that they do not know

For they do not know,

.... what they do not know

But it seems quite known,

.... that they do not know,

.... what they do not know

And rather trickily known

.... that how can they know,

.... what they do not know,

.... when they do not know,

.... what they do not know?

I do not know

But what I do know

.... is that I know

That they do not know,

.... what they do not know

So, I shall tell them just that

What they do not know,

.... that they do not know

For I am in the know

Do you know what I mean?

I do not think that you know

So, know now

By Jo Haq

11 September 2024

10:47 pm

Bukit Jelutong

Kopi

Alangkah enaknya kopi jantan ini?

Walaupun pahit,

Citarasa manisnya membuai gelora riang

Bukan seperti kepahitan kehidupan

Yang sering dilanda pancaroba

Yang merombak dan berombak

Alangkah enaknya kopi hitam ini?

Walaupun gelap,

Ketelusan aromanya tulus tanpa hipokrasi

Bukan seperti kebencian manusia

Yang sering melayan prejudis

Yang merogol dan menyondol

Alangkah enaknya kopi hangat ini?

Walaupun lecur bibir,

Namun dihirupkan jua melawan rintangan pancaindera

Bukan seperti bahang kebodohan bangsa

Yang sering dibakar hasad dan dengki

Yang menfitnah dan memanah

Alangkah enaknya kopi ini?

Selalu menemani aku setiap malam sunyi

Menerbangkan aku ke alam mimpi

Oleh Jo Haq

5 September 2024

8:07 malam

Bukit Jelutong

The End

The pen has run out of ink

By Jo Haq

2 September 2024

3:00 pm

Bukit Kiara

Pengakhiran

Tinta kekeringan dakwat

Oleh Jo Haq

2 September 2024

3:00 petang

Bukit Kiara