Suraidi Sipan (b. 1950)
1. BIOGRAPHY
2. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
3. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
4. SELECTED POEMS
Nyanyi puisi [The Song of Poetry]
Ballada lewat senja [An Evening Ballad]
Dimana kau sukmaku [Where Are You, My Soul]
Di sini di benua sendiri [Here in its Own Land]
5. SELECTED VIDEOS
SELECTED POEMS
Dimana kau sukmaku
Di kabus tebal ini
aku mencari akan kau sukmaku
yang hilang diantara gemerlapan
lampu-lampu jalanan.Dimanakah kau sukmaku
di puncak menara
atau di ranting cemara
atau dikesibukan jentera-jentera arus kehidupan.Aku yang terlantar kekaburan
tergoda oleh kegelitaan malam
dan
kau terus menyembunyi
langsung membuat aku sendiri
dalam perjalanan ini.
by Suraidi Sipan
from Debudebu jalanan (1984)
Where Are You, My Soul
In this thick fog
I search for you, my soul
lost among the luminous
street lights.Where are you, my soul
at the tower’s top
or on the casuarina
Or in the bustle of mechanised life?Abandoned in a haze
I was tempted by the darkness of night
and
you always hide from me
making me desolate
in this journey.
