Saturday, July 22, 2006

Susah dan senang : Merantau ke Deli

Sebelum
"Demi Allah saya akan melindungi engkau Poniem!Dan biarlah Allah memberikan hukuman yang setimpal kepada saya, kalau saya mungkir"..

Selepas
"Kau boleh pergi dari sini! Kau orang Jawa!Boleh turutkan orang Jawa, kau boleh kembali ke kebun! Sebelah mata saya tidak boleh pandang pada kau lagi. Pergilah dari sini, mulai sekarang saya jatuhkan kepada engkau talak tiga sekali. Pergilah!"

Things change with time,people change with so many reason and sometimes reason that are hard to swallow, bitter..and the sweeteness and excitement of love will just fade away. This a an extract from : Merantau ke Deli by Hamka (2002)Maybe some of us have read this book but I just finished it today after spending two day concentrating only on this book :-)

It happens everywhere in every culture and love and marriage is a sacred bonding that need to be build each day not only the first 7 months or 7 years..but forever. I have the courage to finish up this book not because of the thickness (181 pages) but it reminds me of my own friend who are still in this chaos of finding a solution to bring back the light to their marriage, at the beginning everything was so perfect with rainbows of colours and now there are only dark cloud and waiting for a disaster.

This is a good book as a guide in not only marriage but also culture where people sometimes blindly follow and push themselves hard just to please these unreasonable expectation.

"Demikianlah keretapi itu mengerjakan kewajipan yang wajib dipikul setiap hari, mengangkut dan menghantarkan, membawa dan memulangkan; baik yang berhasil maksudnya merantau ke Deli, atau yang datang kosong pulang pun kosong. Banyak yang telah pergi tetapi lebih banyak jua yang datang. Banyak yang putus asa lalu pergi, kemudian datang kembali, kerana ada pepatah orang yang telah lama tinggal di Deli : "Jika sekali air sungai Deli telah diminum, nescaya akan datang lagi dan minum lagi."

11 comments:

Nong said...

I have read that book long time ago but vividly could recall the story... A sad one too...

For that friend of yours,just ask whether they search for someone in someone else... What they think is love, or is it something else?

sue said...

kak nong,
yes, it is a sad story and i like the courage and patience of the wife.

as for my friend, it was the hubby who started the flame right after they got married..he involved with a married woman whose mother is also like that. She's my chilhood friend, i've known her for 21 yrs.I was there with her thru all her major event and the worst part is he knew that guy thru me..the hubby is similar to Leman in the story, almost 80 % plus he's also Minang. sorry to say this..

thewailer said...

thanks for the hint on this book, I guess marriage is no walk in the park, it's a long trail that needs alot of patience...so scared oleady...but insyaAllah I'll be ready :)

Anonymous said...

sue ...

kali pertama membaca / mendengar karangan beliau masa form 1 ... cikgu zainal yg bacakan dlm kelas... kebanyakan karya beliau memberi keninsafan dan berakhir dgn kesedihan ... berbeza dgn penulis lain ...Hamka merupakan salah seorang ulamak yang tersohor di nusantara.Hamka sebenarnya merupakan akronim bagi nama sebenar beliau iaitu Haji Abdul Malik bin Abdul Karim Amrullah. Beliau adalah seorang ulama, aktivis politik dan penulis Indonesia yang amat terkenal di alam Nusantara.Pak Hamka dilahirkan pada 14 Muharam 1326 Hijrah bersamaan17 Februari 1908 Masihi di kampung Molek, Maninjau, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia. Hamka meninggal dunia pada 20 Ramadhan 1401 Hijrah bersamaan 22 Julai 1981 sewaktu berusia 73 tahun Ayahnya ialah Syeikh Abdul Karim bin Amrullah atau dikenali sebagai Haji Rasul, seorang pelopor Gerakan Islah(tajdid) di Minangkabau, sekembalinya dari Makkah pada tahun 1906.

Hamka telah pulang ke rahmatullah pada 24 Julai 1981, namun jasa dan pengaruhnya masih terasa sehingga kini dalam memartabatkan agama Islam. Beliau bukan sahaja diterima sebagai seorang tokoh ulama dan sasterawan di negara kelahirannya, malah jasanya di seluruh alam Nusantara, termasuk Malaysia dan Singapura, turut dihargai.

begitulah kehebatan beliau ... ;tengelamnya kapal van der wijck ; antara karya beliau yg paling aku suka !

masyarakat kita tergolong antara yang hebat kan ...thanks sue ... mengingatkan tokoh islam terkenal ini !...

mobb
dublinrepublicofireland

Delicate Flower said...

I read this book looong time ago in std six (my cousin was reading it for her class at the time). I am sure I did not fully understand the message of the book (I did, however, understand the story). He was weak, and easily succumb to his family's pressure.

With poligamy being legal and practiced the way it is now, ALL married women and women entering into a marriage should expect this at some point in their lives. How is this different from being married in the west? Your spouse may still cheat on you - the difference is that cheating is considered bad and shameful and most importantly, can cost you in divorce court.

maklang said...

Maklang nak cari buku dia bertajuk...Tenggelam nya kapal Vanderbilt (spelling). sue tau tak kat mana nak cari?

simah said...

buku ni ada available online tak? mcm interesting gila ja..waaa..rajinnya membaca cik kak sorang ni.. bagus la baca..anak kat dlm tu pun nanti suka membaca..

missed u.

Anonymous said...

Tengelamnya Kapal Van der Wijck..oleh Hamka..Best..sedih la..Kisah cinta tak sampai...

tu lah kan sue ... kebanyakan tulisan dr. Hamka ni berakhir dgn kesedihan ... banyak iktibar dan pengajarannya...


mobb
dublinrepublicofireland

sue said...

TW,
yess..its no walk in the park but don't be scared and don't think too much about the bad side..just enjoy the moment and pray that everything will go smoothly. marriage is a journey not a destination :-)

mobb,
memang sedih dan menyayat hati.. tapi itulah realiti kehidupan, bukan macam citer bollywood..semuanya happy ending.
masa kat sekolah dulu tak berkesempatan nak baca buku2 dari nusantara so sekarang ni the rite time..i have ample time for myself now

sue said...

delicate flower,
i think the main character is too weak as a family man where outsides forces especially from relatives were too strong and influencing his judgement.

there is nothing wrong with poligamy ;-) as long as men can be fair and equal and don't try to abuse it.it is not a simple pleasure opporunity but a big and hard burden.

maklang,
cuba cari kat kedai buku kat area masjid india, kdg2 kat second hand bookstore pun ada.

simah,
try kat amazon.com..banyak masa la ni, maklumlah keja rumah tak payah buat..apalagi buat keja sendiri lagi.

mobb,
kita belajar dari kesedihan dan kejatuhan yg pada masa yg sama mendewasakan kita..mcm krit session jugak, kena hentam tapi kena tengok positive side

Atel said...

Kak Sue..
thanks for reminding me of Hamka's work. It's been so long since i last read his writing, was introduced to him by my mom -she's crazy 'bout him!
Merantau ke Deli is particularly close to my heart, my dad's Minang and my mom's Javanese..maybe that's part of the reason, heh? :)