Sue Responsibility of Authorship of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (I)

Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto

I

This paper is a response to the essay of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri entitled Sajak dan Pertanggungjawaban Penyair; his cultural oration at the Pekan Presiden Penyair, published by Republika, September, 9, 2007. In the writing, Tardji stated that text of Sumpah Pemuda is poetry, which is based on the schools of Ibn Arabi, kun fayakun, then he developed the following phrases: Lanjutkan membaca “Sue Responsibility of Authorship of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (I)”

Sue Responsibility of Authorship of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri

Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto

Acknowledgement (historical story)

As usual, I search the data from the mass media on Google for myself to be uploaded onto the website http://sastra-indonesia.com/ on which has been running since July 2008. I was ready to take serious risk to make the site from transportation fee of the literary event in Jakarta. After from the capital city, I felt as if I had become a poet, moreover I read a poem on same stage with the masters of literature, on the eve of the inaugural of Guru Besar (Professor) Abdul Hadi W.M., on the campus of Paramadina. Lanjutkan membaca “Sue Responsibility of Authorship of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri”

Syi’ir Tanpo Waton {al-magfurlah KH Abdurrahman Wachid (Gus Dur) }

Astaghfirulloh Robbal barooyaa… Astagfirulloh minal khotooyaa
Robbi zidnii ‘ilman naafi’a… Wa waffiqni ‘amalan shoolihaa

Ya Rosulalloh salamun ‘alaik… Ya Rofi’a syaani waddaarooji
‘Athfatan Ya Jiirotal ‘aalami… Ya uhailal juudi wal karomi

Ngawiti ingsun, nglaras Syi’iran
kelawan muji mareng Pangeran
kang paring rohmat lan kenikmatan
rino wengine tanpo pitungan (2X). Lanjutkan membaca “Syi’ir Tanpo Waton {al-magfurlah KH Abdurrahman Wachid (Gus Dur) }”

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887)

Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto

Alexander Borodin was born November 12, 1833, in Saint Petersburg. He is illegitimate child of a nobleman Georgia, Luka Gedevanishvili. And his mother, Evdokia Konstantinovna Antonova, came from Russia.

Since he was a child, he got the best education including piano lessons. He received a doctorate in medical department at the Academy Medico, and then he wanted more for his career in chemistry. Lanjutkan membaca “Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887)”