Eddin Khoo
angleščina
Sajak-Sajak Tengah Malam
i
malam ini
bulan
telah membuka
tirai emasnya
ombak
telah membuka
bibir merahnya
mereka bertemu di sini
di lereng pinggangmu
untuk menyaksikan
tarian asyikmu
tarian mautku
ii
kau lihat bagaimana
kusapu alismu
dengan manisan
kulihat bagaimana
semut mabuk
di lengkung alismu
beriringan
iii
dari kerongkongmu
yang sepi
kudengar
serigala meraung
kuda meringkik
singa menderam
- tiada hentinya
dan halkumku
turun naik
semakin keras
menyahut pekikan
kerongkongmu
iv
pahamu:
kacip yang
lembut
v
tujuh lautan
satu gelombang
di pusar perutmu
berpusing
denyutan purba
memanggil namaku
kuturuni bukit
kutinggalkan padang luas
aku merangkak kembali
ke lubuk kelamu
Iz: Pesisir Waktu
Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1981
Avdio produkcija: KataKatha
Poems of the Deep Night
i
this night
the moon
unfurls
its golden curtain
the wave
opens
its red lips
they come together here
on the slant of your waist
to witness
your dance of ardour
my dance of death.
ii
you look at how
i graze your eyebrows
with sweetness
i look at how
the ants intoxicate
at the arc of your eyebrows
in procession
iii
from your silent
throat
you hear
the wolves howl
the horses whine
the lions roar
—incessantly
and my adam’s apple
rises and falls
hardens
answers the scream
of your throat
iv
your thighs:
soft
scissors
v
seven seas
a single wave
on the navel of your belly
undulating
an ancient pulse
calls my name
i descend from the hill
i leave the open field
i crawl back
into the depths of your darkness