Cermin Diri

ANG tak pernah bersuara
tak bererti dangkal ilmunya
seperti ubi, diam-diam berisi
yang mahir berkata-kata
tak semesti tinggi ilmunya
seperti gendang kosong
sana sini boleh kelentong

Yang tahu membezakan
antara kaca dan intan
dia yang layak digelar siswazah
walau tiada segulung ijazah

Yang hanyut di arus glamor
hanya tampil kerana nama
sering terbawa resmi ayam
bertelur sebiji, riuh sekampung
yang sedar pada kebenaran
tak mengharap sebarang sanjungan
malah meniru resmi penyu
telurnya beratus
tidak pula digembar-gembur

Yang hanya tahu mengeji
sebenarnya iri hati
atau mungkin terlupa
kekurangan dirinya
yang gemar beri nasihat
walau perangai masih berkarat
lihat ke dalam cermin diri
usah jadi Lebai Ketayap

Dan yang sentiasa bersikap sinis
menganggap orang lain pula hipokrit
sudahkah meninjau diri sendiri?

yang nyata
kita semua sama
tiada yang sempurna

Okt 23, 1993

Dihaluskini, Okt 23, 2007

Berita Minggu (S) Dis 12, 1993 m6;
Antologi Puisi Manik-manik Hijau 1995, m61-62

Nota: Sajak ini telah dilafazkan oleh bekas anggota KCR, Normala Mohd Yusope dan Earyani Kasmin di hadapan peserta Hari Puisi Nasional di Johor Bahru pada 1995.

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Introspection

NE who never speaks up
is not necessarily unlettered
Like a parsnip
he silently matures
One who is eloquent
is not necessarily highly educated
Like an empty drum
he can blow the loudest hot air
One who knows how to distinguish
a piece of glass from a diamond
is the one
who should be called a scholar
though he may not hold
that special piece of paper

One who is lost in the lure of glamour
whose only concern is to be famous
always follows the habit of the hen
She lays an egg
the whole village knows
One who consciously seeks the truth
is not hard up for any recognition
In fact he emulates the habit of the turtle
who lays hundreds of eggs
yet no one knows

One who is only good at
criticizing others
is actually jealous
or may have forgotten
his own weaknesses
One who likes to moralise
though his own character is obnoxious
should look into the mirror
and not be a great pretender
And one who is always cynical
deeming others as hypocrites
has he looked within himself?

The truth is
everyone is equal
nobody is perfect. 

Sep 6, 1997

At Close Quarters, Jan 1998, p7

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http://forums.muslimvillage.net/index.php?showtopic=3590 

http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm13424.html

http://shasel.multiply.com/photos/photo/4/10

http://islam.about.com/od/prayer/a/humility.htm