Rose à l’ombre

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par Yohanes Manhitu

Je vois une rose blanche,
Au milieu d’un champ d’épines énorme,
À côté d’un arbre de trois ans.

Je veux m’apporcher d’elle,
Mais l’ombre de l’arbre est très forte,
Et un brouillard noir m’empêche avec colère.

Je passe la rose avec mille questions dans le cœur.
Que puis-je faire pour la toucher?
On espère que le soleil brille encore demain.

Yogyakarta, mars 2003

Source: http://francais.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/84006/print.html

The Abandoned Canal

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By YOHANES MANHITU

When they remain silent, they cry out.

Their silence is price enough. 

LIFAU is well-known by all East Timorese, because it’s said to be the most historical site of that part of the island. It’s the place where the first Portuguese traders arrived in 1515. It is also said that they called at the area for sandalwood trade when they were on a trip to the Mollucas. It is because of the fragrant tree that they decided to occupy the island. At the site, you will see a monument standing by the beach and beside it is an old canal that is never touched by water. The locals keep a legend about the canal until today. The names of people in the story are, of course, fictive, and only God that knows the truth of it.

One day, in the time of Portuguese colonialism, a group of Portuguese catholic priests arrive at the port from Portugal by a very nice looking sailing boat decorated with crosses. Feeling that their boat would be unsafe if it remains in the water, the Portuguese government at the port forced the locals to dig a canal through which a ship will have to sail from the shore to the foot of the rock on which stands a luxurious European style building – the governor’s office of Lifau, Oecusse. The canal that the local are digging is wide enough for a sailing boat marked with crosses to pass through. It is the rest of the crusaders who are coming to Asia.

Since the arrival of the boat, the people of Ambeno had to undergo a hard forced labour. Every day, from the morning until the late afternoon, the people work on the canal, digging and digging. The forced labourers, who used to live peacefully by cultivating their dry lands and keeping their flocks, have to spend almost most of their time digging a canal that they themselves are never sure for its finishing. It was a mission impossible they think. How can they make it possible that seawater flow through the canal? People like Maunu, Poto, Upu, Lafu, and the others must be present at the Porto Principal de Timor to continue their hard work, without any rights to complaint.

Now those people realise that they have white masters, who do not have anything in common with them. None of them is like Usif Sonbay, Usif Atoin Meto, who has been known in the western part of the island and was almost defeated by the Dutch. The new masters and their disciples bring with them new things – technology and ideology – that they introduce to the locals. The digging of the seawater canal was the strangest technology they have ever known in their lives.

Day by day, week by week, the mission goes on until the labourers are certain that what they were doing is absolutely impossible: sea water will never flow through the canal and certainly no sailing boat will sail to the port at the foot of the hill.

One day, after working for a half day, the labourers whisper among them secretly to discuss something very important. After their hard day, they meet at Juniuk’s house at night. Juniuk is a tall tough half-aged man with little moustache and sharp eyes. He has been called and punished by the whites several times because of defending the other labourers. He might have been blacklisted.

“My brothers, it is now clear that we have been wasting time and almost most of our lives for this impossible hard work”, said Juniuk, “we have to get rid of it immediately. I hope you all would agree with me to take strong action against the whites”.

“Yes, my dear brother. It is time to put an end to this burden. I definitively agree with our brother Juniuk. What he has just said is absolutely true. What about the others?”, said Am Poto.

The other participants at the secret meeting, like Sufa and Poto, who are from Tulaika, and Seko, who is from Mahata, near the border with Timor-Dutch, think for some minutes and they say, “We all agree with both of you and ready to take any action at any time”.

Fortunately, all of the forced labourers agree to put an end to the work. In the beginning, some were too afraid to get involved because they had foreseen what kind of punishment they would face. What will happen to their families, if they are punished? But because they were too afraid of being called betrayers, they finally agree with their friends.

That night, Juniuk and his companions did not manage to decide how they will act because they are too tired and have to go to bed. Besides, they are working again the next morning. So, they promise to meet again the next evening at the same place with better security. The enemies must never know the crucial meeting.

When the sun has set beautifully, leaving a golden light in the west of the port, and the cocks and wild birds have found a place to pass the night, the poor Timorese labourers walk in the dark towards Juniuk’s house. That night they successfully decide something that will always be remembered by many people as a legend, at least by the later generations of this part of the island. They have agreed to cut off the head of the priest whose boat will never sail through the canal.

“Because of the boat of the white priests we have to leave our families, rice fields, and have almost sacrificed our lives here. He has to pay all this pain”, said Juniuk.

The participants, as usual, do not change their minds, because, in their opinions, it is worth doing. It is the precious moment to defend themselves or more preciously to free themselves from the chains of colonialism.

That afternoon, when a white priest come alone to see the canal, the furious people kidnap him and take him the bush, away from his white comrades. There, they take his life away by separating his head from his body. It is really a tragic moment. The beach, the rocky hills, and the tamarind trees are the speechless eyewitnesses of this murder.

As many people believe that every padre is holy and is a man of God, those men want to prove whether or not it is true. Seko takes a piece of black cloth that he has prepared and wraps a brown rock hold by Juniuk. Am Kelu, the oldest of them, says some magic words in a deep voice: “If it is true that you are a holy person, a man of God, let the stone that we wrap resemble to your face and head”. No-one will believe that soon their prayer is answered. There comes a miracle from heaven, the black rock turns to the face and head of the priest.

The head-like rock is then put under a tamarind tree. Around it there are stones forming a cemetery. Nobody knows who started visiting and lighting candles at that place. Years later, the priest’s (?) bones are found and then put in a glass box, just next to the ruins of the governor’s office.

After the murder of the Portuguese priest, the digging of the canal seems to be completely stopped. I never hear the story about what happened to the murderers’ lives after that murder. Did the Portuguese sentence them to death?

Despite the incident, the Portuguese continued their occupation in the region until they were forced to leave the port and the enclave and moved to Dili. But, there is something important to bear in mind is that they always claim the region part of their land. It might be the reason why during the Indonesian era, Oecusse (Ambeno) was a district of East Timor and now after its independence, it remains part of East Timor, despite its geographical status as part of West Timor.

Yogyakarta, 10th June 2002

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For your information. This writing was originally available at http://www.geocities.ws/johnmanhitu2001/THE_ABANDONED_CANAL.html, but later, it was published in PDF by Past Masters International at http://www.pastmasters.net/uploads/2/6/7/5/26751978/the_abandoned_canal_-_lifau_oecussi.pdf.

Sekadar Hiburan Linguistik

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1. Ember, eike soraya perucha. Memang, saya sakit perut.
2. Capsus kesindang! Juwana idrus. Cepat ke sini! Hujan deras.
3. Titi Dj, ada pere himalaya. Hati-hati di jalan, ada perempuan hilang.
4. Nanda kanua piur cacamarica naspro. Nanti kamu pergi mencari nasi.
5. Jijay markijay! Kanua organ sekong. Jijik! Kamu orang sakit.
6. Kanua gilingan! Mawar hamidah? Kamu gila! Mau hamil?
7. Wanda hamidah jali-jali. Wanita hamil jalan-jalan.

Kalimat-kalimat di atas sengaja saya susun berdasarkan daftar kata "bahasa waria" semata-mata untuk hiburan linguistik. Siapa tahu bisa menjadi bahan riset yang menarik. Bahasa manusia memang unik. Ia dapat tercipta begitu saja secara mana suka, sesuai dengan kebutuhan. Baca lebih lanjut di http://www.beritaunik.net dan http://www.sooperboy.com.

(Berbah, Yogyakarta, 29 Januari 2016)

"Pintar Berbahasa Arab" (Buku 1) oleh Misray Tunliu

Selamat kepada Bung Misray Tunliu atas terbitnya buku "Pintar Berbahasa Arab (Buku 1)"! Buku pelajaran bahasa Arab ini ditulis oleh seorang putra Timor-Dawan yang lahir di Oehala, sebuah dusun di Kabupaten Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS), Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). Penulis pernah mengenyam pendidikan bahasa Arab di Sana, Yaman, Timur Tengah. Salam budaya,
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Tibanya "Lo más oscuro" dan "Beletra Almanako"

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Terima kasih banyak, Pak Pos! Akhirnya pada siang ini (29 Januari 2016), secara bersamaan, telah tiba buku Lo más oscuro (Salamanca, Spanyol: Trilce Ediciones, 2015), antologia puisi terjemahan multibahasa (25 bahasa dunia) yang memuat terjemahan Indonesia saya Yang Tergelap (hlm. 19) untuk puisi Lo más oscuro karya penyair Spanyol Alfredo Pérez Alencart, dan Beletra Almanako N-ro 24 (Oktobro 2015), majalah bahasa dan sastra Esperanto terkemuka yang memuat sebuah esai saya (hlm. 91-92), berjudul Skribi en Esperanto: Penseto mia (New York, AS: Mondial, 2015). Salam sastra,

Istória-badak 03: Viajen Ida hosi Tasi Feto

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Hakerek-na'in: Yohanes Manhitu

Flor que não dura

Mais do que a sombra dum momento

Tua frescura

Persiste no meu pensamento.

(Fernando Pessoa, “Flor que não dura”) 

LOROMATAN foin de’it mosu, lori roman ba rai-Enklave. No oras hirak tan, nia sei rega manas fulan-Setembru nian ba raiklaran. Sidade-na’in sira seidauk rame iha lurón, hanesan loroloron. No ema balu foin sai hosi uma, taka an ho kapoti atu bá foti bee iha tanke, ne’ebé dook uitoan hosi hela-fatin. Tiha-na’in sira mós foin sai hosi tasi-laran, tula ikan ne’ebé sira kaer ho bero ka jonson. Ha’u, tanba besik semana ida ona la konsege hetan ró ba sidade-inan Dili, deside atu sa’e karreta de’it liuhosi Kefa no depois maka sa’e aviaun iha Kupang. No tanba hein karreta mós sei ladún fasil iha tempu ne’ebá, ha’u bá aluga jipe forte ida hosi Señór Bento iha parte lorosa’e sidade nian. Jipe ida-ne’e malae-mutin sira maka fa’an tiha ba katuas ida-ne’e kuandu sira foti ain hosi Oekusi. Tuir loloos, ha’u sei hakarak hela kleur tan iha Enklave, tanba ha’u admira tebetebes ninia kfurak. Hela kuaze tinan ida iha-ne’ebá atu peskiza kona-ba lia-baikenu halo ha’u neineik haree an hanesan enklave-oan ida ona. Maski ko’alia baikenu (dawan) seidauk suli, ha’u sempre haka’as an atubele uza dalen furak ida-ne’e. Problema ba ha’u maka oinsá muda lailais no loloos verbu ruma kuandu ko’alia baikenu ho ema sira iha Kutet, Padiae, no parte seluk tan.

Molok atu husik Enklave iha dadeer-saan ne’ebá, ha’u hemu kafé ho kolega linguista na’in-lima. Maski ami hakarak hemu kafé dadeer de’it, tekitekir serveja malirin tenta ami-nia kakorok maran. Ne’e hanesan ami atu hatutan festa ki’ikoan kalan kotuk nian.

“Bou Martin, Ita sei mai fali ka lae? Ita hatene, serbisu iha-ne’e seidauk hotu. Ita presiza halo tan peskiza iha Passabe no Citrana. Sira hein ita atu vizita,” Tomás, kolega mestre ida hosi Nitibe, husu ha’u. “Tenke mai fali, Kolega. Atubele ramata disionáriu baikenu-portugés no baikenu-tetun nian be ita hahú tiha ona, ami sei presiza Ita nu’udar konsultór. Ida-ne’e la’ós serbisu kamaan,” Jaime mós hasai lian. Kolega sira seluk parese lia-ida. Ne’e ha’u lee momoos hosi sira-nia matan maski sira taka ibun hela de’it.

“Kolega serbisudór sira, imi hatene katak tuir loloos, ha’u sei hakarak hela ho imi. Maibé tempu to’o ona atu ha’u bá. Ita espera katak ha’u sei hato’o kedas rezultadu hosi ita-nia peskiza balu ba matenek-na’in sira iha Austrália no Olanda. Ne’e sei han tempu. Ida tan, ha’u seidauk hatene makaer-ukun institusionál no fundus-na’in sira sei husik ha’u mai fali Timór, ka haruka ha’u ba fatin seluk, porezemplu Áfrika,” ha’u loke laran ba sira.

Sira rona didi’ak no parese komprende. Depoizde tuur hemu hamutuk, ami rona buzina lian neineik, maibé moos. La kleur, Señór Bento nia xofér be naran Apeu hapara karreta iha otél nia oin. Kolega sira ajuda hasa’e bagajen ba karreta. Ami kaer liman no fó hako’ak boot ba malu. Kuandu karreta hahú la’o neineik, ha’u book liman ba sira no dehan, “Ita sei kontakta malu nafatin liuhosi e-mail no Facebook. Ha’u sei fó-hatene se ha’u bele mai fali ka lae. Rahun-di’ak!” Sira mós book liman no fó sinál akordu. Hosi otél, karreta la foti diresaun Palaban nian hanesan baibain, maibé liu hosi kampu tebe-bola, madre hela-fatin, depois tuir uma-kreda antigu nia oin. Haree ha’u, xofér dehan katak nia haluha ninia lisensa kaer-karreta no dokumentu balu iha uma, iha Oesono. Ha’u halo oin-midar, maibé la fó komentáriu. Anin tasi dadeer nian halo ha’u-nia fuuk book no dulas kamaan de’it, hanesan ema valsa hela. La hatene tanbasá, tekitekir de’it lembransa furak ida mosu iha ha’u-nia neon no lori ha’u semo ba loron naruk sira-ne’ebé lakon tiha ona. Istória kapás ne’e ha’u fahe ho Anina, feto furak ida hosi rai-Enklave, ne’ebé moris nafatin iha ha’u-nia neon no laran. Uluk, kuandu ha’u foin to’o iha Oekusi hosi rai-Olanda, ami hasoru malu iha festa kaben boot ida besik kampu tebe-bola. Ha’u lailais de’it admira feto ida-ne’e, la’ós de’it tanba nia furak, maibé mós tanba ninia neon kapás no isin kamaan kuandu valsa. Hatene tiha katak ha’u mai atu aprende baikenu, la kleur nia ko’alia liafuan baikenu balu ho lian mamar no moos, depois tradús liafuan sira-ne’e ba inglés. Ha’u laran-haksolok tebetebes tanba ha’u sente ema simu ha’u ho liman rua. Ha’u fiar katak ema ruma be simu tratamentu di’ak nune’e sei sente hanesan iha ninia uma rasik. Anina nia hahalok kapás maka halo ami sente besik malu lailais liu. Maski ami mai hosi mundu nia lidun rua be oin-ketak, ami-nia laran la kleur besik malu ona no hakarak sai ida nafatin de’it.

Loraik ida, bainhira udan la tau kuaze semana ida ona, ami na’in-rua sa’e motor bá Lifau. Iha-ne’ebá, ami hasoru ema seluk be mai vizita “odamatan-boot” Timór nian atu haree loro-toban. No iha tasi-ibun, laran rua nakloke ba malu. Monumentu naran-boot Timór nian sai sasin monok. Iha-ne’ebá mós, parese hanesan ami repete istória―mundu rua oin-ketak hasoru malu tan iha otas modernu. Haree tiha loro-toban, ami fila ba sidade. Manu-fuik no karau sira nonook de’it no husik ami na’in-rua, be nakonu hela ho domin, liu iha sira-nia leet. No Tasi Feto nia laloran mós parese haksolok ho ami. Maibé buat hotu-hotu lakon, ka forsadu atu lakon, kuandu Anina nia inan-aman la simu fafutuk be foin matak ne’e atu sai tasak tanba razaun fundamentál ruma, ne’ebé ha’u tenke simu no respeita. Maski nune’e, Anina, pelumenus ninia naran morin, moris nafatin ho ha’u.

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Ha’u sente hanesan foin de’it sai hosi mundu mehi nian. Kuandu ha’u neon-moris filafali no tau matan loos ba dalan, karreta atu besik Tono ona. Apeu la book ha’u. Molok hatene katak ha’u aprende hela baikenu, xofér ida-ne’e ko’alia tetun, inglés simples, no dala ruma kahur uitoan ho portugés. Maibé hafoin, nia uza mós baikenu. Nia dehan katak nia moris no eskola iha tempu Indonézia nian, entaun nia sei bele dale lia-indonézia suli, karik hanesan Mota Tono nia been durante rai-udan. Apeu haktuir katak iha amlulik malae ida be hori uluk hakerek no haburas Enklave nia dalen furak. Ha’u hetete nia katak ha’u koñese amlulik ida-ne’e. Apeu parese laran-rua kona-ba baikenu nia futuru iha mundu modernu. Nia ta’uk, se aban-bainrua lian boot sira-nia pozisaun forte demais, ema sei lailais ka neineik husik hela sira-nia lian rasik no tau matan de’it ba lian boot sira. Sá tan, ohin loron ema balu hakarak aprende de’it buat sira-ne’ebé bele lailais hariku. Entretantu, ai sira be tahan-laek iha dalan-sorin no dalan ho alfaltu mihis mós parese hakarak hatudu sira-nia hanoin kona-ba Enklave nia loron-aban. Hanesan bisibisi, sira hakarak hemeno katak atubele la’o ba oin, rain ida presiza nafatin atensaun nato’on ba aspetu tomak.

Loromatan sa’e aas ona, no ami besik atu to’o Oesilo, sidade ki’ikoan ida be la dook hosi fronteira ho rain-viziñu. Ha’u derrepente de’it hanoin livru furak ida be uluk ha’u sosa iha Amsterdaun, maibé seidauk iha tempu-livre atu lee. Dalan parese hanesan samea be book an iha ai-laran. No la hatene halonu’usá, tekitekir, lian boot no naruk ida mosu mai hosi karreta okos, “Pissssssssssss!” Apeu ho ha’u hakfodak hanesan atu haksoit sai hosi karreta laran. Apeu hapara karreta, depois loke odamatan ho forsa no halai lailais de’it atu foti fatuk boot ida hodi tahan karreta-roda kotuk. Nia tuur atu fihir didi’ak karreta-roda sira. Inaferik! Anin sai hosi karreta-roda kotuk ida iha parte karuk. Xofér ne’e laran-nakali lahalimar kuandu fokit besi-kusan rua hosi roda. La hatene sé-nia hahalok aat maka ne’e. Ami na’in-rua dudu neineik karreta ne’e ba dalan-sorin atu la taka dalan ba karreta seluk. Hafoin, Apeu hahú foti ninia ekipamentu-karreta no koko hasai roda ho kuak ne’e.

“Señór, deskulpa, ha’u-nia ekipamentu la kompletu ida no ha’u mós la lori roda-rezerva. Entaun, ha’u tenke lori lailais roda ne’e ba Oesilo atubele hadi’a,” katak Apeu ho oin kole no susar tebetebes. “Tanba sei kleur demais se tenke hein karreta, di’ak liu ha’u la’o neineik de’it lori roda ne’e. Favór ida, Ita-Boot hela iha-ne’e para tau matan ba karreta no bagajen sira. Ha’u sei mai fali lailais de’it kuandu roda ne’e ema hadi’a tiha ona,” nia kontinua no komesa la’o husik ha’u ho karreta iha dalan-sorin iha ai-laran ne’e.

“La buat ida. Ha’u sei lee hodi hein de’it iha-ne’e to’o Ita mai fali,” ha’u hatán.

Ha’u lee livru foun no mahar ne’e hodi hein nia. Kuandu hamrook, ha’u hemu xá malirin. No kuandu sente hamlaha uitoan, ha’u han paun be ha’u prepara tiha ona iha otél molok atu arranka hosi sidade. Loromatan to’o ulun-tutun ona. Ha’u foti ai-tahan matak barak hodi prepara fatin atu toba uitoan. Ha’u matan-dukur tanba festa ki’ikoan iha kalan kotuk ne’e. Toba kleur uitoan, ha’u sente hanesan ema ida mai besik ha’u. Primeiru, ha’u sente hanesan ne’e mehi de’it. Maibé kuandu loke matan luan, ha’u haree lekirauk-aman ida tuur halimar ho ha’u-nia livru iha ninia liman, hanesan lee-na’in boot ida iha biblioteka universidade nia laran. Tanba hakfodak haree ha’u loke matan no book an, “lee-na’in” ne’e halai sa’e ba ai boot ida lori livru iha ninia liman ida. Neon-kari, ha’u la hatene oinsá loos halo animál nakar ida-ne’e fó fali ha’u-nia livru. Ha’u mós hahú sente ta’uk ona se nia lees arbiru livru furak no folin-aas ne’e. Konsentra an, ha’u buka dalan atu hetan filafali livru ne’e hosi nia. La hatene ideia ne’e mosu hosi ne’ebé loos, ha’u foti paun fuan ida no han. Depois, ha’u foti tan fuan ida no soe ba lekirauk brigaun ida-ne’e. Sorte boot, nia gosta liu paun duké livru. Ho laran-haksolok, ha’u bele hetan filafali rikusoin intelektuál kapás ida-ne’e. Animál nakar ne’e tuur hela de’it iha ai nia leten ne’ebá to’o Apeu mai fali no hakilar duni nia. Apeu husu deskulpa mai ha’u tanba la’o kleur demais. Nia dehan katak kuandu nia to’o ne’ebá, mekániku vizita hela parente be moras. Ne’e-duni, nia tenke hein.

Loraik ona no ami tau fali neineik de’it roda ba ninia fatin. Ami atu liu fronteira no hela kalan iha Kefa. Tuir planu nanis, ha’u sei hela kalan iha otél ida iha Kefa depoizde uza tempu hodi vizita biblioteka distritál atu buka tan dadus kona-ba lian Timór sira. No dadeer tuirmai, maka ha’u sei bá Kupang ho karreta seluk. Se bele karik, Apeu sei fila kedas ba Enklave. Viajen kontinua! Kuandu ami tama ba Oesilo, karreta-roda sama neineik dalan asfaltu iha ai-teka tahan boot sira nia okos. Sidade ki’ikoan ida-ne’e hakmatek ona. Karik ema sira be iha loro-manas serbisu barak goza hela xá loraik nian iha uma.

Ami espera katak ami sei bele lailais hakat fronteira ho karreta ne’ebé ami sa’e hosi sidade-inan Enklave nian. Karik dala ruma ita rona lia-anin katak se ita halo “sakrifísiu” ruma nu’udar “osan-sigarru fresku” iha postu-fronteira, ita bele hetan prioridade lailais liu. Maibé, tan ne’e lia-anin de’it, la presiza atu fiar kedas no halo tuir. Depoizde prosedimentu tomak iha postu ne’e ramata didi’ak, ami bele liu fronteira ho karreta ne’e. Ami espera katak ninia roda hotu-hotu sei ho kondisaun di’ak nafatin to’o destinasaun.

Liu kilometru hirak ona hosi fronteira ne’e, loromatan hatudu sinál momoos katak orsida nia atu tun ona. No raiklaran komprende sinál ida-ne’e. Haree panorama kapás hosi karreta laran, ha’u husu Apeu atu jipe halai neineik uitoan. No iha fatin ida-ne’ebé nato’on tebes, ho pontu aas uitoan, ha’u husu Señór Bento nia xofér ne’e atu hapara jipe iha estrada-ninin. Iha-ne’ebá, ha’u hanesan hetan an iha mundu rua nia klaran: entre lembransa no esperansa. Hateke ba Tasi Feto iha dook bá, rai-Oekusi parese hanesan liurai-feto oan furak ida-ne’ebé besik atu toba hakmatek bainhira rai-kalan hi’it an mai, hanesan liurai-oan ho roupa metan ne’ebé foin tun hosi kuda no tama ba kadunan. No iha sorin seluk, Sidade Kefa prepara an atu simu ha’u kalan ida nu’udar bainaka la’o-rai, tanba dadeer tuirmai, ha’u tenke bá Kupang atu semo ba rain dook. Liafuan amasat, ne’ebé Anina dehan bainhira ha’u husu ba nia oinsá dehan beautiful (furak) hodi lia-baikenu, agora mosu filafali moos liután iha neon lemo-rai ne’e. Moris ne’e viajen amasat ida. No iha fatin no tempu ruma durante viajen ida-ne’e, hakarak ka lae, ita bele lakon murak amasat ruma.

Loromatan tun ona no fulan seidauk fó sinál atu mosu iha leten aas bá. Hosi rai-tetuk dook, maski lahó binókulu, ami haree lampu elétriku lubun boot ida hahú ona sira-nia knaar iha Sidade Kefa. No nakukun, hamutuk ho distánsia, halo rai-Enklave nia oin amasat hetok naksubar hosi ha’u-nia matan, maibé nunka hosi ha’u-nia neon no laran. 

Yogyakarta, Maiu 2015  
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 *) Yohanes Manhitu ne’e hakerek-na’in no tradutór ne’ebé hadomi lian no literatura. Nia maka hakerek Kamus Indonesia-Tetun, Tetun-Indonesia (Jakarta: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jullu 2007), Kamus Portugis-Indonesia, Indonesia-Portugis (Jakarta: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Dezembru 2015), no livru sira seluk; hela iha Yogyakarta, Indonézia.

Une belle citation de Oscar Wilde avec traductions

Traductions:

Indonésienne: Aku suka bicara tentang yang bukan apa-apa. Itulah satu-satunya hal yang tak kuketahui.

Uab Metô (Dawan): Au 'sinmák he umolok a-ntomenu lê ka sâ fa. Ala lê nane es au ka uhine fa.

Tetun Nasionál: Ha'u gosta ko'alia kona-ba ida-ne'ebé la'ós buat ruma. Ida-ne'e de'it mak ha'u la hatene. 

MIEZUL NOPŢII (MEDIANOCHE)

Pictură: www.google.com

... și singurătatea
îmbracă gestul indrazneț
al silabelor tăcute ...
António Salvado

Miezul nopţii aici,
în satul meu,
mă însoţesc singurătatea
şi cântecul unor insecte
care interpretează liniștit
pe sub frunzele de porumb.
Oh, Doamne! Mă simt singur fără tine.

Noemuti, Timor, 25 ianuarie, 2010

de Yohanes Manhitu; Traducere de Elena Liliana Popescu
Versiunea originală: http://espanol.agonia.net/index.php/poetry/13942326/Medianoche

Foto tiga dimensi "Kamus Portugis-Indonesia, Indonesia-Portugis"

Foto: Diambil dari brosur promosi Gramedia

Akhirnya dapat juga foto tiga dimensi "Kamus Portugis-Indonesia, Indonesia-Portugis/Dicionário Português-Indonésio, Indonésio-Português" (Jakarta: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 14 Desember 2015). Sebelumnya, saya hanya menampilkan gambar satu dimensi, yaitu sampul depan. Semoga sekarang tampak kamus ini lebih jelas. Foto ini diambil dari brosur yang dikirim oleh tim promosi Gramedia Pustaka Utama. Informasi lebih lengkap tentang kamus dwibahasa ini dan karya saya yang lain dapat dibaca di http://ymanhitu-works.blogspot.com. Semoga bermanfaat ya. Salam mesra,
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Keterangan Produk

Penerbit	PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
ISBN	9786020308333
Berat	1.90 kg
Negara Produsen	Indonesia
Supplier	Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Pt. (Gpu) - Cgi Ntx Gam
Tanggal Terbit	14 Desember 2015
Lebar	15 cm
Panjang	23 cm
Tebal	0 (tidak dihitung)
Halaman	1616
Bahasa	INDONESIA
Tipe Jilid	HARD COVER (Sampul Tebal)

Belajar Bahasa Asing Secara Lebih Serius

Ilustrasi: http://www.catherinetranslates.com

SEKADAR membagikan pengalaman belajar bahasa. Semoga bermanfaat bagi yang sedang belajar. Sebenarnya, orang bisa belajar bahasa asing secara lebih serius dengan cara menerjemahkan karya-karya sastra, misalnya puisi, ke bahasanya sendiri. Ini adalah salah satu cara saya belajar bahasa asing selama ini. Hingga kini, saya telah menerjemahkan ke bahasa Indonesia—sebagian besar langsung dari versi asli—paling sedikit satu karya dari penyair-penyair berikut ini (negara asal di dalam kurung): 

1. Alfredo García Valdez (Meksiko) 
2. Alfredo Pérez Alencart (Spanyol)
3. Arthur Rimbaud (Prancis)
4. Charles Baudelaire (Prancis)
5. Claudio Rodríguez Fer (Spanyol)
6. Elena Liliana Popescu (Rumania)
7. Emily Dickinson (Amerika Serikat)
8. Fernando Pessoa (Portugal)
9. Fray Luis de León (Spanyol)
10. Gabriela Mistral (Cile)
11. Juan Cameron (Cile)
12. Karol Józef Wojtyła (Polandia)*
13. Luís Vaz de Camões (Portugal)
14. Octavio Paz (Meksiko)
15. Pablo Neruda (Cile)
16. Paul Verlaine (Prancis)
17. Rabindranath Tagore (India)
18. Ramón Hernández-Larrea (Kuba), dan
19. William Auld (Inggris)** 
20. ... akan ditambahkan

* Nama lahir Santo Yohanes Paulus II
** Karya-karyanya dalam bahasa Esperanto 

Catatan: Terjemahan Indonesia karya-karya Alfredo Pérez Alencart, Elena Liliana Popescu, Fray Luis de León, Juan Cameron, dan Ramón Hernández-Larrea telah diterbitkan dalam sejumlah antologi puisi multibahasa di Spanyol dan Rumania. Terjemahan lainnya belum diterbitkan, tetapi sebagian besar tersedia secara gratis di internet (di blog, situs web, dll.).

Pater Petrus A. Rusae, SVD Tutup Usia

Seorang pastor senior dan pekerja keras nan bersahaja dari Pah Kaesmetan Noemuti telah kembali ke hadirat Sang Khalik menjelang pergantian tahun. Semoga arwah P. Petrus Aleus Rusae, SVD memperoleh damai dan istirahat surgawi dalam kerajaan Sang Imam Yang Mahatinggi. Tolong doakan kami yang masih mengembara di dunia ini, Tua Noni. Kisah Tua Noni tentang kunjungan ke Italia yang dituturkan pada pertemuan terakhir kita beberapa tahun silam di Kote, Noemuti, dan juga cerita lucu tentang kunjungan Tua Noni ke sebuah stasi di dataran rendah Oekusi-Ambeno akan tetap dikenang. Masih terekam kenangan saat Tua Noni menginap di rumah kami dalam kunjungan pastoral di Kampung Kiubukif di daerah pedalaman Enklave Oekusi-Ambeno ketika saya masih bocah. Selamat jalan, Ampaer Pit!

Meninggal: Rabu, 30 Desember 2015, pada usia 59 tahun

Dimakamkan: Nenuk, Atambua, Sabtu, 2 Januari 2016

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Foto: youtube.com, cuplikan video kunjungan Mgr. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, SDB di Oekusi pada tahun 1994 untuk penahbisan imam.

Bahasa Indonesia, "bahasa Italia di Timur"

Picture: www.google.com

Hingga kini, aku bersyukur bahwa bahasa nasional dan resmi negara ini adalah bahasa Indonesia dengan tetap menyadari pentingnya memelihara bahasa-bahasa daerah dan juga mempelajari bahasa(-bahasa) asing. Dalam konteks kebangsaan, bahasa Indonesia adalah rahmat Tuhan yang patut disyukuri dan dihormati segenap bangsa Indonesia. Tanpa bahasa bersama yang mapan dan berwibawa, "suara" kolektif kita akan terus bergetar. Ada orang yang menjuluki bahasa Indonesia "bahasa Italia di Timur". Silakan!

(Yogyakarta, 22 Desember 2015)