POEMS FROM MALAYSIA BY NATIONAL LAUREATE ZURINAH HASSAN

 This is a translation of my poem into Spanish. The original tittle is "Semut" . The same poem has been translated into English, French, Russian and Japanese. What inspired me about the ants?

1- They have no voice and no language but they communicate well with one another. This remind us of the wonders of God's creation.

2- Whenever one of them found food, it will transmit signal to others. Do we human do the same if we find anything good?. Most probably we will keep to ourselves.

3- Animals can talk to each other but they can only tell the truth. They cannot lie. This is different from us humans.  

LAS HORMIGUITAS

Derramo un poco de miel sobre el suelo

Unas cuantas hormingas llegan

Unos minutos despues

Mas hormigas se aglutinan

Y en cuestion de segundos

Cientos de hormigas

Caminan en una linea

Observo y me pregunto como

Sin voz y sin sonido

Retinene a sus amigos

Siempre que encuentran comida

He leido de este hecho

Que los animales se communican

Observe y me deje llevar

Hasta que eccuche lo que uno hormiga tenia que decir

“No olvides que solo somos animales.

Nos comunicamos al pasar

Pero no podemos decir mentiras

No somos sofisticadas como los hombres

Ellos son la unica creacion de Dios

Bendicidos con la habilidad

De crear declaraciones inexactas

Y difundir historias falsas”

 THE LITTLE ANTS

I drop a little honey on the ground

A few ants came around

A few minutes later

More ants gather

And in no time

Hundreds of ants

Are walking in a line

I watched and wondered how

Without voice and without sound

They gather their friends around

Whenever food is found

This fact I have read

Thet animals communicate

I watched and was carried away

Until I heard what an ant has to say

“Don’t forget we are just animals

We communicate as we pass by

But we cannot tell a lie

We are not sophisticated like men

They are the only God’s creation

with the ability

To make up untrue statements

And spread false stories. 

Frente al Puerto (Menghadap ke Pelabuhan )published by Institute of Translation and Books, Malaysia, 2012. 

THE JAPANESE TRANSLATION BELOW. 

The cover of French version . En Regardant la Port published by L Harmattan Paris and itbm Malaysia 2015.