Everybody heard that pause
in the middle of the azan
when the imam tried
to recover his voice.
It was easy to imagine
cocks crooning mournful,
cats becoming more affectionate,
trees throwing their shadows
at earlier hours,
lost birds, a new map in the sky -
as if everything knew.
One last look
as rooms reclaimed their echoes:
What is there
to look forward to
but nostalgia?
On the last evening in the last kampung
a mother rocked her baby
in the embryo of its buaian
singing it lullabies over and over
for fear the child would forget.
The well has already forgotten.
Its stupefied mouth gapes wide,
as if in the middle of a sentence,
speechless with the memory of a drowned moon.
– Alfian Sa'at (One Fierce Hour)
Director/Performer: Gene Sharudyn
Stage Manager: Khairul Lizan
Technical Manager: Rosdi Subdi
Light Operator: Mohd Fared Jainal
Sound Operator: Maslina Mohd Jailani
Production Manager: Anuar Mohd
Makeup & Costume: Yanni Saaban
Assistant Makeup: Adin
Graphic Designer: Mohd Fared Jainal
Set Designer: Khairuddin Hori, Fared Jainal
Photographer: Colin Ng
Crew: Noor Izzudin, Tengku Anuar, Fendy, Firman
(Source: Teater Ekamatra Programme)
