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Showing posts with label Khmer Poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Khmer Poem. Show all posts
Monday, 25 April 2011
Monday, 29 November 2010
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
"Samnaum Por Choun Kimoon & Clinton" Poems in Khmer by a Group of Poets
Request to Ban Ki-moon and Clinton
Translated from Khmer by P.U.
1- The great big sound to rouse the world/ all Khmer men and women join hand in hand
to stand up and protest at this crucial time/ during the significant 19th anniversary of PPA.
2- The Paris Accords have been breached/ Yuon-Sen have been violating Khmer people,
to endless suffering Khmer wail out/ to the meeting that gathered many signatory countries.
3- Mr Ban Ki-moon will be coming/ to pay a visit to Cambodia in the next few days,
He wants to see everything in the country/ so will Mrs Hillary in the near future.
4- As a woman like [SRP MP Mu] Sochua/ I'll avail this opportunity to file my reports,
on the human right abuses and wrongdoings/ which have been committed for years.
5- Khmer private properties are targeted/ the rich have inflict suffering on the poor,
Hun Sen’s regime gave out land concessions/ allowing Vietnam to violate our law.
6- They evict people from their home/ if the people refuse, they would be arrested and charged,
They divide and rob Khmer land just like killing them/ the court simply adopts the laws of jungle.
7- I wish to send my voice through my pen/ and list all my grievances and anger,
to Mr Ban Ki-moon and Mrs Hillary Clinton/ and asking them to be our witnesses and legal bodies.
8- The Paris Agreements are our basis/ to assist Khmer people with all the abused cases,
and to help us free from the Vietnamese's grip/ not let them grab us and destroy everything.
9- You two have great influence/ Please use your diplomatic skill and power,
To oppose Hun Sen's extreme and dictatorship/ and stop his aggression to devastate his people.
10- Ban Ki-moon’s trip to Cambodia/ is like a beam of moon shining from the sky,
as it coincide with Mrs Clinton’s visit/ Khmer people are very hopeful for a change.
11- Mrs Clinton, when you’ll visit Angkor Wat/ please assist Khmer people with
our democracy/ so that we may stand firm and sturdy like yours.
12- Mr Ki-moon, please pull us up/ to new height out of sight,
unlike Akashi who left us behind/ because you' re in a very prominent position.
13- Khmer people welcome both of you/ to help us find a better and effective way
with your compassion/ please guide us to change for a better future for Cambodia.
14- Your visits are marked in our history/ they both take place in October/
Just like caring parents, you dropped by/ so our people could bring their complaints
against Sihanouk, Yuon and Hun Sen.
15- Both of you will see directly/ you will realize their treacheries,
You will see how people suffer/ as the Yuon lead Hun Sen with the aim of swallowing Cambodia.
16- Please help to put pressure on Hun Sen/ Prevent him from creating trouble on the people,
whose rights have been trampled/ while Cambodia borders are being encroached.
17- Freedom of speech/ has been severely breached,
Freedom of press are deprived, the truth are hidden/ for fear of the dictator.
18- Please accept Khmer petitions/ as they explain in details our plight,
Please raise these complaining issues/ at the United Nations’ hearing session.
19- The UN chief comes to Cambodia/ Please help correct without delay,
Cambodia’s laws are now very tight/ they only serve the interest of the dictator.
20- We want democracy/ But the dictator prevent us from getting it by using violence
He does not respect his promises/ his determinations to rebuild the society.
21- The dictator only uses threats and killings/ He uses his power to arrest and jail people,
Our Nationalists insist and demand/ begging you to please bring change.
22- As to freedom rights/ Please clearly see the misdeeds,
The dictator lead us to an abyss/ with their misdeeds and breach on human rights.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Monday, 20 September 2010
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Saturday, 11 September 2010
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Mother’s Words of Wisdom (Bandam M’day)
KI-Media Note: Thank you Davan for sharing with us your touching devotion to your dedicated Mother!
My late mother once said that half of her died when my father passed away during the KR in 1977, and that the sole reason her other half was still alive was because she could not imagine the environment and the state of moral in which her children grew up without a father and a mother.
The attached poem, which I wrote under her guidance a while ago, tells the emotional and physical struggles and hardships that she went through as she did her utmost to raise the children alone in our war-torn country and in Canada. It is also a vivid reminder to all, especially the younger generation, that for many Khmer women who lost their husbands during Pol Pot’s regime, the despair and destitution did not end with the fall of that regime, but continued to weight heavily on their daily lives many years after they had settled in the West. As a single parent, not only they had to cope with countless physical ordeals but more painfully they had to overcome all kinds of unjust prejudices against them from within their own communities.
To commemorate the first anniversary of her passing away, I would like to dedicate this poem to her and all other Khmer women who made lifetime sacrifices so that their children can have a bright and prosperous future.
May their soul be blessed and forever rest in peace.
Davan Long,
September 01, 2010
Montreal, Canada
The attached poem, which I wrote under her guidance a while ago, tells the emotional and physical struggles and hardships that she went through as she did her utmost to raise the children alone in our war-torn country and in Canada. It is also a vivid reminder to all, especially the younger generation, that for many Khmer women who lost their husbands during Pol Pot’s regime, the despair and destitution did not end with the fall of that regime, but continued to weight heavily on their daily lives many years after they had settled in the West. As a single parent, not only they had to cope with countless physical ordeals but more painfully they had to overcome all kinds of unjust prejudices against them from within their own communities.
To commemorate the first anniversary of her passing away, I would like to dedicate this poem to her and all other Khmer women who made lifetime sacrifices so that their children can have a bright and prosperous future.
May their soul be blessed and forever rest in peace.
Davan Long,
September 01, 2010
Montreal, Canada
Click on the poem in Khmer to zoom in
