“Sapa iya ti lelaki nya udah ngerampas tanah aku? Sapa iya ti indu nya udah neju ke bala anak aku lapar pungkang? Sapa bala sida nya ti udah ngasuh sungai menua tu langkang, kamah sereta berachun?
Kenyau ari kitai tu agi mit, kitai diajar pasal Petara nya ninga sereta ngemata ke kitai, lalu Petara nya meruan ingat.
Nyau lelak sereta puas aku udah bejaku. Jaku ti lalu nadai nuju sebarang pengawa. Tu meh ti ngasuh ati aku udu pedis sereta begedi, lebuh aku ingat ke jaku-jaku manis ti didinga aku ngelama tu, lalu pia mega jaku-jaku semaya ti seruran balang. Mayuh bendar jaku dipansut ke orang ti enda patut bejaku. Orang ti mansut ke jaku enggau enda berunding panjai.
Kitai tau enda beguna jaku ti mayuh dikena kitai nyebut utai ti amat sereta bendar. Enda ibuh dikenang bejam-bejam, lalu enda ibuh dilunjak-lunjak.
Peda kita pemanis jaku subuk orang ti teleba ngerumpak enggau ngenchuri, lebuh maya sida madah ke utai nya betul, taja pan salah, tau ke lebuh maya sida madah ke utai ti betul nya salah.
Kitai enda tau enda nyaga kampung jerung enggau kayu ti lama udah idup dia awak ke bisi dipeda raban orang ti dudi ari kitai, ke lebih agi ke raban sida ti apin ada ngagai dunya tu. Kitai mega enda tau enda ngintu rampa menua ngari ke utai idup ti enda nemu beserebana lebuh sida dituntung penusah, baka sida jelu babas, burung, ikan enggau kayu kampung.
Nyau datai ba maya kayu ti penudi iya ditebang kitai ila, sungai ti penudi iya diasuh kitai langkang sereta kamah ila, lalu ikan ti penudi iya ditangkap kitai ila, nya baru kitai deka nemu duit enda ulih empa kitai pia aja.”
“Who is he that steals my land? Who is she that makes my children go hungry? Who are they that swallow the rivers dry?
We were taught to believe that Petara sees and hears everything, and that Petara never forgets.
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who have no right to talk.
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
How smooth must be the language of the thieves, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right.
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.
Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find money cannot be eaten.”
Kenyau ari kitai tu agi mit, kitai diajar pasal Petara nya ninga sereta ngemata ke kitai, lalu Petara nya meruan ingat.
Nyau lelak sereta puas aku udah bejaku. Jaku ti lalu nadai nuju sebarang pengawa. Tu meh ti ngasuh ati aku udu pedis sereta begedi, lebuh aku ingat ke jaku-jaku manis ti didinga aku ngelama tu, lalu pia mega jaku-jaku semaya ti seruran balang. Mayuh bendar jaku dipansut ke orang ti enda patut bejaku. Orang ti mansut ke jaku enggau enda berunding panjai.
Kitai tau enda beguna jaku ti mayuh dikena kitai nyebut utai ti amat sereta bendar. Enda ibuh dikenang bejam-bejam, lalu enda ibuh dilunjak-lunjak.
Peda kita pemanis jaku subuk orang ti teleba ngerumpak enggau ngenchuri, lebuh maya sida madah ke utai nya betul, taja pan salah, tau ke lebuh maya sida madah ke utai ti betul nya salah.
Kitai enda tau enda nyaga kampung jerung enggau kayu ti lama udah idup dia awak ke bisi dipeda raban orang ti dudi ari kitai, ke lebih agi ke raban sida ti apin ada ngagai dunya tu. Kitai mega enda tau enda ngintu rampa menua ngari ke utai idup ti enda nemu beserebana lebuh sida dituntung penusah, baka sida jelu babas, burung, ikan enggau kayu kampung.
Nyau datai ba maya kayu ti penudi iya ditebang kitai ila, sungai ti penudi iya diasuh kitai langkang sereta kamah ila, lalu ikan ti penudi iya ditangkap kitai ila, nya baru kitai deka nemu duit enda ulih empa kitai pia aja.”
“Who is he that steals my land? Who is she that makes my children go hungry? Who are they that swallow the rivers dry?
We were taught to believe that Petara sees and hears everything, and that Petara never forgets.
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who have no right to talk.
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
How smooth must be the language of the thieves, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right.
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.
Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find money cannot be eaten.”
2 comments:
That is when one will find out that money is not everything. Fortunately for certain crookes and their families, by then their descendents will be in a different country. Who will fight for the poor?
You and I.
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