...and the whole gang was there: gang of writers,performers,critics,etc. Khair is doing a good job heading ITNM.Goethe's Faust is the second great work translated under his leadership (the first was Mathnawi by Rumi). What I like most about today's launch is that it was launched not by a politician but a fellow writer,academic and critic,also a national laureate,Dato' Dr.Anwar Ridhwan.Pak Samad pun ada.Dato Baha Zain pun ada.Raja (who I thought was still at the hospital) was there too (gambar hospital tu gambar bulan December,he said.His son yang letak -when asked to put any pic on his fb.Haha).Rakan2 PENA pun ramai.It's been a while since I last saw most of them.
Khair was so good to give me a pre signed copy of the book (well I paid for a regular copy yg belum ber-sign) which gave me a good excuse to ask Latiff Mohidin to write 'Kpd Faridah' above his signature.So my copy is personalised,OK?I love his poems and love his translations of Faust.It's a pretty book.You must get one.Harga launching discount is RM120.Kata mc Syed Munawar, Latiff Mohidin had incorporated Malay puisi segala in this work and he said no one could have done it better than L.M. because no one could (read) Goethe in German anyway.Lawak scenario tu. :D
A sample of Latiff's superb translation is this (conversations of a city):
Orang Kota Kedua
Apakah yang lebih baik,pada hari minggu,hari cuti,
Daripada berbual-bual tentang perang,khabar angin
Tentang keadaan yang jauh,nun di negeri Turki sana
Negara berbalah, rakyat saling hentam-menghentam?
Kau berdiri-diri di tingkap sambil meneguk minuman
Dan melihat kapal-kapal berkilau menyusuri sungai,
Kemudian, ketika senja,pulang dengan rasa gembira
Dan bersyukur pada Tuhan demi hari-hari yang damai. (Faust, ms 65)
Beautiful, isn't it? It sounds like a poem which could stand on its own. Well done,all.I look fwd to the next karya besar dunia lain.Should try Ko Un.
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| Dato Baha Zain and Fauziah Nawawi |
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| Latiff Mohidin at the launch of his translated work of Goethe's Faust (Part 1) |
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| The distinguished crowd |
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| Dua cendikiawan Melayu, Raja and Dato Anwar Ridhwan |
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| Pak Samad Said, the national laureate who stops aging |
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| German rep presenting the smallest book of Faust to Latiff Mohidin |
I like this pic: Khair mcm kat the Oscars
Showing off my personalised Faust,
with Latiff Mohidin, Pak Samad and Raja
with Latiff Mohidin, Pak Samad and Raja
...and the whole gang was there: gang of writers,performers,critics,etc. Khair is doing a good job heading ITNM.Goethe's Faust is the second great work translated under his leadership (the first was Mathnawi by Rumi). What I like most about today's launch is that it was launched not by a politician but a fellow writer,academic and critic,also a national laureate,Dato' Dr.Anwar Ridhwan.Pak Samad pun ada.Dato Baha Zain pun ada.Raja (who I thought was still at the hospital) was there too (gambar hospital tu gambar bulan December,he said.His son yang letak -when asked to put any pic on his fb.Haha).Rakan2 PENA pun ramai.It's been a while since I last saw most of them.
Khair was so good to give me a pre signed copy of the book (well I paid for a regular copy yg belum ber-sign) which gave me a good excuse to ask Latiff Mohidin to write 'Kpd Faridah' above his signature.So my copy is personalised,OK?I love his poems and love his translations of Faust.It's a pretty book.You must get one.Harga launching discount is RM120.Kata mc Syed Munawar, Latiff Mohidin had incorporated Malay puisi segala in this work and he said no one could have done it better than L.M. because no one could (read) Goethe in German anyway.Lawak scenario tu. :D
A sample of Latiff's superb translation is this (conversations of a city):
Orang Kota Kedua
Apakah yang lebih baik,pada hari minggu,hari cuti,
Daripada berbual-bual tentang perang,khabar angin
Tentang keadaan yang jauh,nun di negeri Turki sana
Negara berbalah, rakyat saling hentam-menghentam?
Kau berdiri-diri di tingkap sambil meneguk minuman
Dan melihat kapal-kapal berkilau menyusuri sungai,
Kemudian, ketika senja,pulang dengan rasa gembira
Dan bersyukur pada Tuhan demi hari-hari yang damai. (Faust, ms 65)
Beautiful, isn't it? It sounds like a poem which could stand on its own. Well done,all.I look fwd to the next karya besar dunia lain.Should try Ko Un.
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Kak F
foto-foto yang mengesankan.
diundang tapi selalu tidak dapat hadir. kadang-kadang rasa kurang ajar...
Mawar: Takpalah..apa nak buat..kerja kita pun byk.Saya pun terpaksa balik ke ofis selepas majlis selesai jam 5 ptg (walhal rumah dah 10 mins dari hotel tu)dan hadir satu mesyuarat yang lain.
Tapi ini satu majlis yg sangat memertabatkan golongan penulis cendikiawan.Gambar2 ini saya ambik dari fb Pak Engku (Raja) dan setengah dari fb En. Khair rasanya.Saya tak bwk kamera.
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