From Issue 2
Seleksi Puisi
Dewa Ayu Carma Citrawati, I Nengah Jati, I Wayan Sinti, Yudi Iskandar (A.K.A. Buyung Mentari), and Anonymous
Dewa Ayu Carma Citrawati
Gending Panundun
Toya pasisiné ngungkab lawang
masawang-sawang barak
masemu ucem
toya pasisiné ngigelang pajalan
nyégség nundun batu ané mengkeb di karangé
nyledét galak
toya pasisiné ngambelang sepi
mgupek nundun bendégané
ngidem ngipi
yéning makejang ngantosang toya pasisi, kija lakuna anginé ngungsi?
Ring Ngiring
Titiang wantah ngiringang
yadiastun sané kairingang tan pairing
bungah iring-iringané
mairing-iringan
ngiring sang kairingan
I Nengah Jati
Bulan
Basa Bali
Kenyung ngicén margi matanggu titi
Nyentér ngincer peteng ring tanggun rasa
Manyurampiah rambut gémpél nyapuh jagat masuara masa
Galah mangiket, ngraket pati nempuh margi karma
Manah manyurat, ngripta arsa mangunggah biuta
Saling sulur mangalur matimpuh nunggalang galang bulan
Peteng nyaput lemah mala nyepih galah
Kala manunggangin jagat kali
Sujatiké galahé maliah ngiket manah?
Sujatiké kenyungé malinggih ring sunaran i bulan
Manis pangajapé ngadeg kadi toyané degdeg
Peteng tan sida mameteng
Galang tan sida masesuluh
Bahasa Indonesia
Senyum memberi jalan yg tak berujung
Menerangi mencari malam di ujung rasa
Teruai rambut lengket, menyapu dunia bersuara masa
Waktu mengikat, melekat mati menempuh jalan karma
Ingin menulis, menciptakan hati
Saling berintrospeksi, bertimpuh menyatukan terangnya bulan
Malam menyelimuti siang, kesengsaraan membagi waktu
Kala menguasai kehancuran
Benarkah waktu berlimpah mengikat pikiran?
Benarkah senyum duduk di sinar rembulan
Perawakan manis berdiri seperti air yang tenang
Malam tidak bisa bergelapan
Terang tidak bisa berkaca
Kalah
Basa Bali
Wawaran maka titi ninggal natah
Nitah sirah munggah ulah nampi tulah
Wawaran tan maguru ngabih sumbah
Mawadah élah nampah lampah ngadu ampah
Jaya manglanting maningting gering
Talu macepol ngalulu ngalumbih abing
Siying tiying gading numbak paling
Angen klangen ngaton rwa matanding
Tandang nundung lawang ngutang suwung
Katanjung ulung kalah ulah ring langit pelung
Mawali paling ngalih galang mabekel karung
Tayung-tayung makalung payung prungpung
Bahasa Indonesia
Hari bagai hari meninggalkan halaman
Memerintah kepala naik karena menerima kedurhakaan
Hari tidak berguru memikul sumpah
Bertempat gampang memotong lampah mengadu kecerobohan
Jaya bergelanting mengangkat masa yang sulit
Talu jatuh berguling merusak tebing
Siying bambu gading menusuk bingung
Terpukau melihat dua yang disajikan
Angkuh mengusir pintu membuang sepi
Tertendang jatuh kalah ulah di langit biru
Kembali bingung mencari terang berbekal karung
Berayun-ayun berkalung payung rusak
Ngelur
Basa Bali
Wawaran maka titi ninggal natah
Nitah sirah munggah ulah nampi tulah
Wawaran tan maguru ngabih sumbah
Mawadah élah nampah lampah ngadu ampah
Jaya manglanting maningting gering
Talu macepol ngalulu ngalumbih abing
Siying tiying gading numbak paling
Angen klangen ngaton rwa matanding
Tandang nundung lawang ngutang suwung
Katanjung ulung kalah ulah ring langit pelung
Mawali paling ngalih galang mabekel karung
Tayung-tayung makalung payung prungpung
Bahasa Indonesia
Memanggil teriak-teriak kacau menjalankan kekuasaan
Bertingkah mewah malam menyinari bersinar
Memaksakan kehendak sendiri
Kuncup bunga layu tertimpa kering kesengsaraan yang bergembira
Kepastian berduri rasa berkuasa merasakan pedas
Pekarangan rumah mabuk wacananya mentah
Tingkah laku rakus memetik daun latuh membangkitkan semangat
Mengunyah pikiran etika patah menumbuhkan durhaka
Biarkan sudah perjalanannya jauh mencari tempat kering
Mengejar sisa karma sampai meneteskan keringat
Loncat loncat menggapai tujuh dimensi dunia yang dituju
Gunung agung di tengah tidak digunakan sebagai pedoman
I Wayan Sinti
Pupuh Keduhung (keduung)
Basa Bali
Langa titiang ngawih pupuh
Subakti ring Sanghiang Widhi
Manut ring sipta sangsiniwi
Pupuh Keduhung inucap
Mogi-mogi manusup ing ulunhati
(suling dan kendang tunggal)
Suaraning wang lan linawung
Seruni muwang padahi mabarungan pada muni masawuran
Ngulangunin
Sang menonton lanang istri sarang sami
Miarsayang mendengarkan miarsayang gending Bali
(suling dan kendang tunggal)
Wantah nambe ngangit gita yukti ton sedapan
Ton manut ring tate
Lila ugi nyaksamayan ngampurayan
Kirang langkung ipun
(suling dan kendang tunggal)
Bahasa Indonesia
Bangga saya mengarang puisi
Berbakti kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa
Selaras dengan pesan para tetua
Dengan nama Pupuh Keduhung
Semoga menyusup di dalam hati
(suling dan kendang tunggal)
Suara dari orang dan rebab
Suling dan kendang bermain bersama saling bersautan
Menghanyutkan
Yang menonton semua pria dan wanita
Memperhatikan mendengarkan, memperhatikan lagu Bali
(suling dan kendang tunggal)
Tumben membuat nyanyian
Sudah pasti tidak indah
Mohon di maafkan
Kekurangannya
(suling dan kendang tunggal)
English
I’m very proud to create this poem
My respects to Sanghiang Widhi
Inspired by suggestions from our leaders
Named Pupuh Keduhung
I hope that it’s interesting to the heart
(flute and drum solo)
Suling and kendang playing together, sounding together
The audience is very interested
The entire audience, boys and girls together
Happy to listen, happy with this Balinese song
(flute and drum solo)
When first composing music it is not quite good
The arrangement is not very good
Please forgive me
If it is inconvenient for you
(flute and drum solo)
Pupuh Keduung – Cili Mekar – B751 – Side A – Track 1
Yudi Iskandar (a.k.a. Buyung Mentari)
Sampahmu Membunuhku
Dimanapun dia ada perlahan akan membunuh
Bumi yg semakin panas sampah terus mengganas
Sampah-sampah menyapa tercecer disungai-sungai, di Pantai, diselokan-selokan, gang-gang sempit,
digedung-gedung parlemen, perempatan jalan, dicafe, mall, restoran, ditaman…
Menghantui disetiap hati yg keruh, aroma kematian semakin mendekati
Hanya binatang yg tidak tau sampah
Aku mendengar denyut kesadaran
“Stop membuang sampah sembarangan”
Laju industri kehancuran bumi
Terpatri jadi puisi…
Awas Sampah…
Poem written and performed by Yudi Iskandar (a.k.a. Buyung Mentari) with modular accompaniment by Cordey Lopez. Recorded in Desa Sading, Kecamatan Mengwi, Bali, Indonesia.
Anonymous
Pupuh Sewagati
Basa Bali
Hidupe mondong sengsara
Mangkin hidup besok mati
Memanjakin kranjang padang
Peteng lemah ye puponin
Tan wangde tua lantas mati
Sane keto pacang tepuk
Puput dane nimbang manah
Tumuli mebalik mulih
Tur kecunduk
Meme bapannyane jumah
Bahasa Indonesia
Hidup membawa kesengsaraan
Sekarang hidup besok mati
Menjadi budak duniawi
Hanya itu saja rutinitasnya
Sudah pasti akan tua dan berakhir dengan kematian
Itulah kenyataannya
Teguhkanlah pikiranmu
Menujulah pada jalan untuk kembali pulang
Dan bertemu
Sang penciptamu
English
Life brings misery
Today’s life is dead tomorrow
Become a worldly slave
That’s the routine
Certainly old and ending in death
That’s the reality
Strengthen your mind
Find the road to return home
And meet
Your creator
Arranged by I Made Arsa Wijaya (Wawan) and performed by Seni Sana Sini of Desa Pergung, Kecamatan Mendoyo, Kabupaten Jembrana. Recorded by Insitu Recordings on August 27th 2017. Vocals: Ni Made Dwi Hendrika Irmanita; gender: Putu Bayu Angga Adi Putra, I Putu Adi Putra Kencana, I Made Arsa Wijaya, I Komang Wahyu Yastawan Putra.
Insitu Recordings
About the author(s)
I Wayan Sinti (Sinti)
Many know I Wayan Sinti as a classical artist, but he is also a top innovator, composer, teacher and artist in Bali. Sinti was born in 1943 in Ubung Village and started studying vocals and gamelan in 1957. His interest in art led him to continue his studies at KOKAR. Because he was the best graduate at that time, the school where he studied hired him as a teacher. Apart from teaching in Bali, Sinti has also been invited to the Center for World Music in Berkeley, America and continued his ethnomusicology education at San Diego State University and graduated with an MA in music. Besides being active in teaching, Sinti also makes innovations in Balinese gamelan, such as making several new gamelans, Manikasanti and Shiwa Nada. As for some of I Wayan Sinti’s works, Lokarya, Ajnyaswari, Wilet Mayura, are still favored by the gamelan community because they are innovative but still have strong roots in Balinese artistic traditions.
Bali, Indonesia
I Nengah Jati (Nengah Jati)
I Nengah Jati is a young man who prefers a quiet atmosphere, free from crowds. Lives alone in a house far from the highway, near rice fields, and a river in Jehem Village, Tembuku, Bangli.
Yudi Iskandar (A.K.A Buyung Mentari)
Yudi Iskandar (a.k.a. Buyung Mentari) was born in Jakarta on the 14th of June 1977. He is an actor and performer currently based in Bali, Indonesia.
Dewa Ayu Carma Citrawati
Dewa Ayu Carma Citrawati is a lecturer at Dwijendra University, Denpasar, Bali. She was born in Getakan, Klungkung February 24th 1990. She is an active writer of short stories and poems in Balinese. Her anthologies include Smarareka (2014), Denpasar lan Don Pasar (2013) and Angripta Rum (2015). She received the Rancage literature award in 2017 for her book Kutang Sayang Gemel Madui.
People and organizations mentioned in this article
I Made Arsa Wijaya (Wawan)
Arsa Wijaya or Wawan was born in Tegalcangkring on June 15, 1992 to his parents, I Nyoman Gede Suarsa and Ni Made Widiani. His interest in gamelan began at age 5 and continued throughout his childhood, having the opportunity to participate in baleganjur competitions by age 9 and the Bali Arts Festival by middle school. His parents and teachers encouraged his hobby, enabling him to fulfill one of his dreams by studying gamelan in greater depth at ISI Denpasar.
Br. Petapan Kelod, Desa Pergung, Kec. Mendoyo, Kab. Jembrana, Bali, Indonesia
Phone: 081803681592
Seni Sana Sini
Sanggar Seni Sana Sini was established on September 12, 2013 and is domiciled in Banjar Petapan Kelod, Pergung Village, Mendoyo District, Jembrana Regency, Bali. The group has 40 members and comes from various regions in each sub-district in Jembrana Regency.
This Sanggar is more focused on gamelan, so the activities carried out are mostly for gamelan music. Having a vision and mission to be able to preserve and develop gamelan music and learn to be creative and innovative so that it can be an inspiration and barometer of the movement of gamelan culture for gamelan audiens, especially in Jembrana district.
Desa Tegalcangkring, Kabupaten Jembrana, Bali
Phone: 081803681592
Cordey Lopez
Cordey Lopez is a sound artist and musician currently residing in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Beginning his artistic investigations in 2004, Cordey’s experiments in electronic sound have involved various pursuits including: instrument design, hardware hacking, software programming, recording and mixing, modular synthesis, and Balinese gamelan. His solo electronic music project BABYASPIRINDVD has performed across the United States, Bali, Java, Sulawesi, and Sumatra. He most recently completed a tour of Java and Bali with his Javanese friends in a grunge/noise band called LANSANESE. Their full-length album will be released next year by Yes No Wave Music (Yogyakarta).
