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Posted on :Thursday, Oct. 07, 2004

Ramadhan by Za'ba


Wahai Ramadhan shahar běrpangkat
Tuan ka-mana lěnyap běrangkat
Dukanya kami tidak těrsukat
Hěndak měngikut tiada upaya


Sěkali sětahun tuan těrměgah
Měnjalang kami sa-bulan singgah
Kita běrchěngkěrama bělum sěměnggah
Tuan pun lěnyap dari dunia


Bělumlah puas wajah di-těntang
Dzauk měmbujor aradh mělintang
Kami těrtinggal golek gělantang
Tuan běredar apakan daya?


Nampaknya tuan sa-laku rintang
Měnguliti kami bagai di-pantang
Sěmpat-kah kělak balek běrtěntang
Děngan mu tuan usul bělia?

(Za'ba, Lěmbaga Mělayu, 1917)

Found this 'sha'er' in 'Ilmu Měngarang Mělayu' (page 234) by Za'ba. This particular book is a 1965 publication. Wish I could find the 1934's Jawi version. For collectors, there's also a recent reprint with a contemporary 'Malay-spelling'.

May we make the best of Ramadhan al-Mubarak.

Related link(s):
Mengenang Pendita Za'ba by Jiwa Rasa

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