Ambengan Sega Kuluban - A Tray of Rice Complete with the Side Dishes and Salad

On Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) 2017 Poetry Night, I read a Javanese poem entitled "Ambengan Sega Kuluban" written by Turiyo Ragilputra. Since most of the audience did not speak any Javanese, I translated the poem into English. At the event, a student of mine read the English translation.

Here are the poems in Javanese and English.

Ambengan Sega Kuluban

Ambengan sega kuluban dieler ing tampah

Diladekake ing pasamuwan

Direncah bebarengan, kroyokan, rebutan

Ambengan sega kuluban

Ora an sing ngerti duweke sapa

Kejaba dadi pangane para wayang, para dhalang

Sing lagi lungguh methingkrang

(kidang lan truwelu, kinjeng lan kupu

Mung bisa nyawang sinambi ngeleg idu)

Ambengan sega kuluban, wis gusis dienggo pesta

Mung kari tampah ngganda amis, angganda amis

Banjur kanggo bal-balan para buta!

Kapethik saking : Antologi Geguritan Bledheg Segara Kidul

                                                                                 

                                                                           Anggitanipun Turiyo Ragilputra