ON MALAYSIAN LITERATURE

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THE VOYAGE OF PRINCESS HANG LI PO The beautiful Princess Hang Li Po In the voyage to Melaka Crying in agony So young and so tender To be torn from her mother Like a shoot from its root She’d rather die Drowned by the ocean Then to lose the loving touch of her parents Is this her fate her destiny To be delivered as a gift, wrapped...

A FRYING PAN A frying pan in the kitchen of the house where I was born Was my mother’s best friend All day long The frying pan And something being fried For the children with appetite Was my mother’s delight The frying pan Days and nights On the fire We did not count the years. The mother who cared for the frying pan Hugged...