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Poems on the MRT

Selepas / After by Hamed Ismail

 

Selepas
Hamed Ismail

Selepas berahi
meninggalkan sisa
ia menjadi bara.

Selepas jasad
meninggalkan lelah
bara pun padam
menjadi abu.

Selepas benih
meninggalkan tanah
jasad pun layu
menjadi batu.

Selepas di sini
ke mana lagi
aku ditinggalkan?
Aku tak ingin menjadi kayu
aku sudah menjadi api
membakar segala sangsi.

— Diterbitkan dalam Tafsiran Tiga Alam (2015)

After
Written by Hamed Ismail
Translated by Alfian Sa’at

After passion
leaves its traces
it turns to embers.

After the body
leaves its weariness
the embers also fade
and turn to ashes.

After the seed
leaves the soil
the body also withers
and turns to stone.

After this
where else
will I be left behind?
I do not wish to be wood
when I have become fire
burning away all doubt.

— Published in Tafsiran Tiga Alam (2015)

Hamed Ismail merupakan mantan Penyelia Kanan Skrip TV Eaglevision, Mediacorp yang telah berkhidmat selama 28 tahun. Beliau telah menulis, menyunting dan menyelia ratusan skrip drama tv. Beliau juga menulis puisi, cerpen dan esei.

Now a retiree, Hamed Bin Ismail, was a Senior Script Supervisor with Eaglevision (MediaCorp) for 28 years. He has written, edited and supervised the production of hundreds of television scripts. He also writes poems, short stories and essays.

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Poems on the MRT is an initiative by the National Arts Council, in partnership with SMRT and Stellar Ace. Produced by Sing Lit Station, a local literary non-profit organisation, this collaboration displays excerpts of Singapore poetry throughout SMRT’s train network, integrating local literature into the daily experience of commuters. Look out for poems in English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil in trains on the East-West, North-South and Circle Lines, as well as videos created by local artists and featuring local poets in stations and on trains. The Chinese, Malay, and Tamil poems are available in both the original languages and English. To enjoy the full poems, commuters may read them on go.gov.sg/potm.

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