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Are you stilplaying withyour flute?

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Masihkah Kau Bermain Seruling oleh Zurinah Hassan

Masihkah kau bermain seruling

walau waktu telah terlewat untuk kita bercinta

aku semakin terasa bersalah

melayani godaan irama

lagu yang tersimpan pada lorong halus buluh

dikeluarkan oleh nafas seniman

diukir oleh bibir

diatur oleh jari

dilayangkan oleh alun anginmenolak ke dasar rasa.

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The Original Version of the Poem

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Masihkah kau bermain seruling

ketika kampung semakin sunyisawah telah uzurwaktu jadi terlalu mahaluntuk memerhatikan hujan turunmerenung jalur senjamengutip manik embunmenghidu harum bunga.

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Masihkah kau bermain serulingketika aku terasa mata bersalahuntuk melayani rasa rindu padamudi kota yang semakin kusut dan tenatadik-adikku menganggur dan sakit jiwa

bangsaku dipecahkan oleh politiksaudara diserang bom-bom ganasdunia sudah terlalu tua dan parah.

Di sinilah berakhirnya percintaan kita

kerana zaman sedang menuntut parasenimanhidup di luar dirinya

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Are You Still Playing Your Flute?by Zurinah Hassan

Are you still playing your flute?

When there is hardly time for our love

I am feeling guilty

To be longing for your song

The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo

Uncovered by the breath of an artist

Composed by his fingers

Blown by the wind

To the depth of my heart.

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Are you still playing your flute?

In the village so quiet and deserted

Amidst the sick rice fields

While here it has become a luxury

To spend time watching the rain

Gazing at the evening rays

Collecting dew drops

Or enjoying the fragrance of flowers.

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Are you still playing your flute?

The more it disturbs my conscience

to be thinking of you

in the hazard of you

my younger brothers unemployed anddesperate

my people disunited by politics

my friend slaughtered mercilessly

this world is too old and bleeding.

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SYNOPSIS

This poem his about a persona who recalls the time

he/she spends when in a village. There are many things

that are now luxury to her such as listening to the melody

of the flute itself, gazing at the evening rays, collecting

dew drops, or enjoying the fragrance of flowers. The

village is now unpopulated as many have moved to the

city. Now that she has moved on with her life, she

wonders whether the flutist is still playing the flute. This is

because, there are many challenges in the world today

such as the world is dying, the unemployment issue andthe people are disunited because of different political

views.

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THEMES

Family commitments

Priorities in life

Neglect of ones duties

MORAL VALUES

We should be aware of our family commitments andcarry them out properly.

Everyone has priorities in, life and we should knowwhat is important and what is not.

Following a hobby is good but there is a time for workand a time for play.

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