Information About
Syair perahu, in Malay in rencong (ka-ga-nga or incung) script. This is different from the poem of this title found in Doorenbos, 1933, pp.16-19, but the same text is found in SOAS MS 41394, and about one-quarter of it is in van Hasselt, 1881, pp.11-13. A synoptic romanized text of MSS Malay A 2 and SOAS MS 41394 is in MSS Eur C 214. MSS Malay A 2 seems roughly contemporary with SOAS MS 41394, which is from the Marsden collection.The nature of a short text (3 pp.) found on the reverse at the other end of the strip of bark could not be ascertained. Perhaps it is an incantation. The intervening pp. on the reverse are blank., MSS Malay A 2)
Additional Details
- Title
- Syair Perahu
- Opening Words
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- [nilah gerangan suatu madah mengarangkan syair terlalu indah, membetuli jalan tempat berpindah, di sanalah i'tikat diperbetuli sudah]
- Closing Words
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- [La ilaha illallahu itu tempat musyahadah, menyatakan tauhid jangan berubah, sempurnalah jalan iman yang mudah, pertemuan Tuhan terlalu susah.]
- Subject
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- Indonesian poetry
- Indonesian literature
- Hamzah Fansuri,--active 16th century-17th century
- Sufism--Indonesia
- Publisher
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- National Library Board Singapore, 1700
- Contributors
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- British Library
- William and Judith Bollinger
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 215633 KB
- Provenance
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- Acquisition uncertain; the MS was already in the India Office Library when van der Tuuk visited it in 1848.
- Copyright
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- All rights reserved. The British Library, 2015