Monday, June 27, 2011

THE POET-LAUREATE A SAMAD SAID PORTRAYS THE UNTRUTHS OF DEMOCRACY


Unggun-bersihhttp://www.malaysiakini.com/news/168143
 

Semakin lara kita didera bara -
kita laungkan juga pesan merdeka:
Demokrasi sebenderang mentari
sehasrat hajat semurni harga diri.

Lama resah kita - demokrasi luka;
lama duka kita - demokrasi lara.
Demokrasi yang angkuh, kita cemuhi;
suara bebas yang utuh, kita idami!

Dua abad lalu Sam Adams berseru:
(di Boston dijirus teh ke laut biru):
Tak diperlu gempita sorak yang gebu,
diperlu hanya unggun api yang syahdu.

Kini menyalalah unggun sakti itu;
kini merebaklah nyala unggun itu. 



The Bersih Fire 
(translation)

As the coals that molest us rage higher
we shout still the message of Merdeka
for democracy as bright as the sun
as pure as dignity our purpose is one

Deep is our worry - as democracy's wounds
long is our sadness - as democracy's woes
at arrogant democracy we scorn
for a strong free voice we dream

Two centuries ago Sam Adams decreed
in Boston was tea poured into blue seas
no need for riotous shouts full of ire
only for a truly heartfelt fire

Alight now the sacred fire
spread afar raging higher.



Clean Bonfire (translated from 'Unggun Bersih' by A Samad Said)

Abused by embers, we're all getting ill -
to call out to the message of independence,
We manage still democracy,
as brilliant as the sun yearning for the desire of sincere self-regard.

We've long been restless - democracy is wounded;
we've long been wounded - democracy is ill.
A supercilious democracy, disgusted us;
A strong voice of liberty, we desired!

Two centuries ago, Samuel Adams exclaimed
(in Boston where tea was poured into the blue sea):
We don't need a loud fluffy cheerleading
What we need is just an eminent bonfire.

Let's light up that sacred bonfire;
Let's spread out that sacred flame.


7 comments:

  1. WE MUST BE HONEST IF WE ARE PROJECTING THE PERCEPTION THAT WE ARE A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER. SOMETHING WHICH TELLS A LIE ABOUT ITSELF DOES NOT STAND UP FOR TRUTH. TRUTH IS ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT. UNTRUTH IS ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG AND SICK IN OUR SOCIETY WHICH CLAIMS IT IS DEMOCRATIC BUT ONLY PRETENDS TO BE DEMOCRATIC

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  2. READ THE JUDGEMENT OF A RIGHTEOUS JUDGE IN COMMISSIONER SLEIGHT IN RE HALL; EX PARTE CHIN [No 2] [2011] WASC 155 HEARD 4.4.2011 DELIVERED 15.6.2011 AT THE WEBSITE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF WA FOUND AT http://decisions.justice.wa.gov.au/supreme/supdcsn.nsf

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  3. A JUDGE IS RIGHTEOUS ..... WHEN HE DOES NOT TAKE SIDES BUT WRITES A STATEMENT OF REASONS THAT EXPLAINS THE SITUATION TO THE LITIGANT SUCH THAT HE IS NOT KEPT IN A DARK AS TO HIS ACTUAL POSITION. THIS IS THE COMMON LAW REPEATED BY JUSTICE KIRBY ....AS ALREADY EXPLAINED ELSEWHERE.

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  4. WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT: EXECUTIVE, JUDICIARY AND LEGISLATIVE.
    THE JUDICIARY SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE.

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  5. THERE ARE THREE TENETS OR THREE PILLARS OF JUSTICE: INDEPENDENCE, IMPARTIALITY AND INTEGRITY. TO MAKE MEMBERS OF OUR JUDICIARY FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY, THEY MUST UPHOLD THE THREE PILLARS OF JUSTICE. BUT IF A JUDGE IS DISHONEST, HE CANNOT DISPENSE JUSTICE. DISHONESTY MEANS THAT THE JUDICIARY HAS NO INTEGRITY. A JUDGE MUST ALSO BE IMPARTIAL I.E. HE MUST NOT TAKE SIDES.

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  6. ALL THESE THREE PILLARS OF JUSTICE MAKES FOR TRANSPARENCY OF OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM. OUR JUSTICES MUST WRITE PROPER REASONS FOR JUDGEMENT THAT TOUCHES RELEVANTLY ON THE ISSUES THAT WAS TRIED. NO JUDGE CAN GLOSS OVER THE ISSUES AND EVADE THEM IN HIS STATEMENT OF REASON.

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