Joko Pinurbo, Pacarkecilku (My Little Girlfriend), Magelang: Indonesiatera, 2002.

Dangdut

/1/

We are truly great dangdut fans.

We love shaking, getting words drunk –

chasing dang dang dang but catching dut

is oh so hard.

/2/

The dancers have collapsed, lying down one by

one in the lines of your poem.

Night is tired and morning will be here soon, but you

keep on singing and dancing in the gaps of your poem.

You look unstable, but you say, ‘I’m not drunk.’

Maybe I have to stick with you longer.

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