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appeared in the entire history
Myanmar literature.

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The composer of these poems has

traversed the entire spectrum ofepisodes in modem Myanmar history,
from initial movements made forthe
through the dynamic period of
independence
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up to the strenuous effors exerted for the sustenance of
nationalistindependence. The sights, thesounds, theexpeiiences, the knowledge of these eventful yean have been
melded in a series of aesthetically satisfying bouquets of
everlasting significance and value.

A thorough perusal of the poems will provide enlightened

insight into the inrinsic nature of Myanmar people, their
way of life, their sense of goodwill, their cultural traditions, their cetand as well a.s their cdulage and bravery ...
all of it couched in the most sensitive idnditions of lyrical
composition.
This is one collection of poems which will find deserving
Flace in any library or bookshelf. In fact it would not b6
excessive to say that this particular collection of Myanmar
poems is one book which no library or bookshelf can
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FOREWORD
Poetry is inherent in liI'e, but not all people
realizc that.

Like the sun that scatters the mist, so poetry removes the emptiness from the hulndrunt
daily human life. It organizes the world of our
emotions and prornotes a deeper understanding
of our problems.

Htilar Sitthu's poetry is an outpouring of

Myanmar spirit in beauty of vision, sound and
rhythm. And so, because I love Myanmar, I
became attracted by the poems of this greatest
contemporary Myanrnar poet. And I can even
say that

f-eel under

his spell.

As one reads Htilar Sitthu's poems, onq fcels

one is borne onward by the haunting rhythrn of
his verse and harmonious undulations of his lines.
Everyone who knows N4yanmar language well
cannot but marvel at the tremendous talent of
Htilar Sitthu.
What kind of poet 'is he? Subjective? Romantic? Mystic? Well, opinions may vary. As
for me, in Htilar Sitthu's poetry I can clearly
see that there is the desire to create and not to
imitate.

- 13said, poets "tak aloud to

once
Bemard Shaw

themselves, and the world listens in." That is

true. Htilar Sitthu's ear is attuned to the..inner
dialogue. As a military man, very naturally he
looks into his own heart. And here patriotism,
which is a noble tralt, gives him great mental
strength.

Of course, each poet has his own unmistakable traits. To be true to oneself is very important.

When one reads Htilar Sitthu's great poem

"O Withered Leaf on the Mekong River," one
notices that everything interests the poet and
nothing escapes his eye. His rhymes are arresti
ing, and he compels the reader to listen and to
believe. Of course, this is also a part of good
craftsmanship. And artistic instinct helps him'
This outstanding poem is based on actual events
and is marked by a civic sense of history. It is
the best specimen of Myanmar patriotic verse.

In many of his poems Htilar Sitthu remains.

in our huriran world. Only he sees that world
with different eyes. Not seldom, his experience
is one of profound self-surrender. Death has no
terror for him. In this respect he reminds me of
Rabindranath Tagore.

-14To be accurate in the execution of our duties is also one thing that we learn from Htilar
Sitthu.

have been to many parts of the Union of

Myanmaq namely, the Kachin Stae (Putao,
Machambaw), the Naga Hills, the Shan State,
and so on. I love Myanmar's lingeing sunsets
and the mist, purple clouds billowing round the
hills, dawn dew and the twittering of birds, the
silence of bare rock. And I like to peer into the
distant bluish haze. All these things I find in
Htilar Sitthu's poems, and tkrey fill me with genuine happiness.

To form an opinion of his work one must

of his poems, and not just
one or two. Then one will find that his poems
read a large number

are invariably penetrating and wonderfully effective. They are like fine paintings.
Look at the opening of the poem "At the
foot of the Rakhine Yorna;"
"Dark blue ...
Beautiful is the entrance to the sea,
White crests of the waves
Are runnng lightly
Remote and isolated
Looks the out-of-tlie-way jungle

At the foot of the mountains

Or "To Yugoslavia"

..."

-15"The mountain range stands like a wall,

Very, dark. green or purple in colour,
\\'earing a charming shadow,
It is a rare sight to see
-{nd truly splendid."
Htilar Sitthu's poems "Pagan," "Tlie l\'tron
Stone Inscription at Shwezigon," and "Supplication to Lord Buddha" are full of colour. They
touch the imagination and capture the heart of
every lover of Myanmar. And Myanmar is indeed unique in greatness. When one stands
before and rapturously gazes at the immortal
Temples of Pagan, one sees in them the triumphs of enthusiastic Myanmar Buddhist spirits
and learns the lesson of Enthusiasm for art.
One of the best books ever written in English on Buddhism is "The Message of Buddha,"
by Ardaser Sorabjee N. Wadia, M.A.; I ondon,
1938. (J.M Dent and Sons Ltd). Mr. Wadia
writes: "The artist of the right type is an eternal"
teacher" ... and:
!

"lt is in the Domain of Art that the Spirts of

Man finds its true seli assumes its noblest aspect and escapes from the thraldom of Time
and Space. Here Buddhist Art has placed a noble
part in spreading the flame and glory of Buddhism. Buddhism has, in fact, come more prominently to the notice of the world through its
creed and philosophy.rr

l6-

That is absolutely corfect. And so Pagan

makes Myanmar stand out in sharp relief against
tlie background of the banal everyday. The feast
of colour and the riot of elusive line make Pagan
the most wonderful place in the world.
Htilar Sitthu's poem "On the occasion of
offering flowers of loving kindness to the world"
is a fantasy, but the spirit behind it is the most
noble one, namely, a lofty and earnest wish to
see all creatures freed from fear, worry and
suffering.

ln his poem "The last night of a poet" Htilar

Sitthu rises to Shakespearean heights (to my mind
and ear at least) in fo-rce and fullness.
Faultless and powerful are also his poems
"Just before the dawn," "The region of umbrage,"
"What is man," "The mirror of life," " The owner
of the deep blue waistcloth","To the Fallen Comrade, "The old mother and her sons," "The Nation
in the aftermath of the Resistanceo" "The sound

of the harp of loving-kindness," "The summertime in the Shan State."

One of the best available books on M1'anmar
today is "We The Burmese, Voices from Burma,"
by' Helen G . Trager, Frederick A. Praeger, lnc.,
\eu York 1969. It is the onll' English book
r.r.lnide \lranamr that contains a chapter on
\flanrnar Paeq. \lodern and Classical. and that
repuoJ:-rces :ome \[lanami poms in translation.

-t7 venture to assert that, as tirne goes by,

Here I
more Myanmar poems will become internationally known, including the beautiful poems of Htilar
Sitthu, whom I regard as a genius and whose
music rolls on of its own accord. It is unfortunate, however, that the musical quality of his
verse cannot be rendered in translation.

Ashin

Ananda

(The Most Rev. Friedrich V. Lustig)

Buddhist Archbishop of Lativa
Sangharaja for Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania

1969 Lilac Laureate Poet

USA

Great Shwedagon Pagoda

Yangon

March 29,1982

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Htilar Sitthu, cr the ruan fl"trn tlie vi!lage of Shwe

Sit Thee in Meik - hti - lar district is now a Lieutenant Colonel in the MyanrnarAnned Forces. I{e went

to University of Yangon, but he left rvithout completing the course.

He has however been contributing poems to
many Magainzes and journals since 1947.His anthology of Myanmar poetry. Me - gaung-Myithma
Ywej-|va"-hnin Acha *ubl1lT.r.u (d 6 a15 g6
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the River Mekong and other poems) 1961 , won a
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Htilar Sittthu (do:o6o) is delibrately considered last in this section on the contem:porary
poets for several reasons. He is the only Soldier poet. He has a rich vocatiulary and is highly competent in the handling of language, and his attitude to
poetry betrays certain classical learnings. Who then

would be more fitting a poet with whom to close the

history of Myanmar poetry than Htilar Sitthu?
Myanmar poetry began with classical or Court
poets and was added to lafer on by the popular drama-

tists and later back to the past chiefly in their choice

of topic and form but not in their treatment and execution; and finally we have the contemporary poets. $'ho sarv signs of shaking of many long - standing cot'entions.

-33Htilar Sitthu is one of the last group; but he is

imbued with tradition. In a way this poet reminds us
of Nawaddei the First (<,,coo goes:@:) of the
l6th and 17th centuries, a soldier poet and the greatest exponent of Yadu ,(qq) the fonn in which he
enshirined rnany of his experiences. Htilar Sitthu
:ennLrt lar claims to such achievements, but he too
utiIi:es his erperiences to poetical advantages. He
is one of the ven' feu' contemporary Poets who
seems to be able to con\,ey his iirtention in words
that blend their sound smoothly with their sense.

His anthology contains 29 short and 3 long poems, though some of his poems are much longer
than those of his contemporaries. The themes are
contemporary but the tfeatment is much closer to
that of the classical poets, especially in diction and
execution. These traits are apparent in his poem
Ashin-Nan tho (To the abode of my lady - love)
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Htilar Sitthu composed this poenr in a communist country Yugoslavia. He describes the region and
the factories with the sickle and the hammer flags
fluttering above them . But the dominating motif is
the beloved he left behind, his sadness at not being
able to return on the appointed day, the siglits that
stir his emotions and his fervent desire to be back to
caress and comfort lrer. All these echo the love poems written by such masters as Nawaddei the First
(,-,coo goe s:@:) and U Aw (ps@) in the
17'r' and 18'h centuries.

16'h ,

-74a Hl<it-hsan po"i (eao5o6:cnopaoel:

^As
o6e<.rn,r5) hir interest in-bound to be looked by
events and incidents of his environment. Than - byu-

u).at (The Tin Rest House) (-En"q6) which is

named after a village near Mawlamyine which was
the scene of suffering inflicted on the Myanmar by
the Japanese soldiers, is one of the three long poems. It is and emotive poem in which the poet simply decribes the pitiable flight ofmany Myanmar for-

cibly taken away from their families by the Japato construct the Myanmar-Thai railway line.
portrayal
His
of the cruel fate of the victims of the
war, half-starved and disease ridden, kicked and
beaten by their master on the one hand while on the
other their wives and relatives in their homes hope
against hope bnd pray all the time for their health
nese

and ultirnate home-coming is calculated to be evoca-

tive. He put the entire blame on the war.

In Kya-hson lei thaw ye-baw-tho (To the lost

(cn1q:ecuprcc)? \";E{.) the poet
pays a fitting tribute to one of his comrades who fell
Comrade)

in battle. At the firneral ceremony, during the silence

after the sound of bugle call has died away he laments tl-re fate of unfortunate soldiers. He recalls
past events beginning with the fall of Myanmar to
the British and ending with the bereavement of the
n'hole army: His language catches the solemn mood.

Htilar Sitthu's Amei-O-hhin thar-myar (oecr

oc\

{5Qcrc:q::) is cast in a similar mould, but is written in more stiming vein. Many Soldiers, some crippled and some maimed attended the ceremony of

-35repute and splendour to receive awards for bravery.

A trembling old lady comes up to the dais and accepts a high posthumous award to her son. Be-.'
wildered and unsteady as she comes down, she
blames the King of Death for depriving her of her
only son. The young soldier nearby treis to comfort
her by extolling the brave deeds ofher lost son as"
suring her that she has lost one son but gained in
them many sons.

Critics may describe some ofhis poems as lachrymo3e. But he is dealing with events that call for
tears. His poem Myet-Yi Aing-{haw-Nei (The day
the tears form in the pools) ("1trSqd{EeoreE)
is about the assasinations of GeneralAung San and
some of his cabined ministers on 19e

July

1947

.The

poet by his skilled choice of words and of phrase

and also by ingenious, catches the atmosphere of
tension generated by anger, dsepair and sorrows of
the populace. This was a great national disaster and.'
Iltilar Sitthu has recorded it with great sensitivity.
Like his fellow poets he too directs his attention
to the revolt against the japanese. His approach is
more subtle and his treatment more polished. He
does not dwell on any particular aspect of the uprising, he recapituates the fate of Myanmar from its
Monarchical days through its occupation by the British Ostensibily for the sake of enlighting the natives,
and finally descent ofthe Japanese hordes, insensi-

tive, savage and barbarous. The Myanmar had had

enough and called a halt. They marched in the dark

-36ofnight and resolved to-get iid ofthejapenese before the daybreak . The poem is called Mo- Ma thauk- Me (Before the break of the day.)
to
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distributed all over the world)
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yearning for a Utopia Universe. War and all its concomitants are repugnant to lrim. He confesses that
hc would weep for joy when the world would be
filled with beauty and harmony, a sense of well-being and happiness and compassion and love.
His feeling and frustration and despair of his are
reflected in three of the poems. To hirn times are
out ofjoint and he warns to set them aright with the
means in his power. He rvrites more in sorrow than
in anger in his Naingngan-yei-thama-Wut-Htu (The
story of tl.re politicians ($E6e q:oo:rog;) about
the reprehensible belraviour of Myanmar - politicians.
During the colonial period tliey were united inone
cause to fight against the alien ruler , but they are
divided in the time of Independence and fight for
personal power among tlrelnselves.

The poem Hkit-Ko-Na-gyi-gyin (Bitterness

against the tirne)

(eaoS{ Ec@$:$E:)

reveals

his bitter feelings against the evil-doers who once

throve in Myanmar. These were insurgents, the
murderers, The kidnappers, the robbers, the rapists
and such like. The poet highlights some ofthe crimes

-37 -

that were common between 1949 and l95B in

Myanmar.

Htiiar Sitthu could not ignore thetopic that was

always occupying the minds of young idealistic poets in those days. This is the peasants, the Salt of
the earth and the backbone of the Myanamr.'
economy. (Min Maw seizes on the never-ending labours of the peasant throughout his life). Htilar Sitthu
uses as his peg the never clianging circumstances
of this most valuable member of the community.
The poem Me-bya-pahso-shin(The wearer of
the dark blue sarong) (dE,
t{r518) the only garment a poor person has on all occasions records the
poets sombre reflections on the miserable plight of
the peasant. Progressive changes that have been
taking place since the Pagan period have more or
less imporved the quality of life for many. But the
wretched existence of the peasant remains unaffected. He strives hard yet he still wallows in the
mud of poverly without material confort or intellectual nourishment. Me-bya-Pasho'(dpcod:) is an
apt title since the expression is associated with the.
poor who have to wear the same drab sarong every
day and on all occasions. It is familiar from a proverb.

Htilar Sitthu's last poem in the Anthology is an

epic. It narrates the achievements of the Myanmar
Armed Forces against the marauding KMT
(kuomintang) Chinese troops in the triangle formed
by Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.

-3 8-

These Chinese soldiers were thom in the side

of Myanmar Government; they were terrorizing the
people ir-r the area and were smuggling gold and
drugs.
The poem is called Me-gaung-Myit-hma-O ywet-

wa (O withered leaf from the River Mekong

(de a1E$E9 { 4"E.1) It is the longest poem written by any contemporary poet so far' It contains 52
stanzas, each stanza running to anything from 40 to
70 four-syallabel lines. In spirit, though not in style,

(ecrSq$:) o.
ei-gyn (ea;E:) of the monarchical period. It is a

Jhis poem resembles the Marv-gun

penegyric; not on the king as in those gennes but on

the arrned forces as a whole, it extols their heroic
deeds born of self-sacrifice, self-discipline, valour
and their determination to remove the menace from

the soil of their fatlierland, Myanmar.

The campaign, in which the Myanmar forces

were victorious, lasted three months from the 22"d
November 1960 to l"tFgbruary 1961. Stanzas 1 to
13 that is one fourth of the poem, deal with the preliminaries, events in Myanmar such as the Second
World War, the coming of Chaing - kai - Sheik's KMT
armies to Myanmar to fight on the side of Allies,
their disintegratiott in the face of the Japanese assault, the subsequent rampaging by marauding bands
of soldiers and fi irally the establishment oftheir headquarters in the triangle with help from Formosa (Taiwan). To this is added a sketch of physical features
and the natural resources ofthe area.

-39The remaining stanzas, from 14 to 52, and devoted solely to accounts of battles, many of which
are described in detail. The attacks, and counterattacks, the courage and selfless devotion to duty
manifested in the actions of the soldiers, and the airmen, who in mind and body fought with their comrades on land are all portrayed in words that are
martial and stirring to the Soul. Dates and places of
action of many of these engagements are given.
There are several features common to between
gi-gylq (ea1E:) and this epic poem, In an ei-gyin
(eatrb:) the poet address a royal child and recounts
the achievements of its forbears,In this poem the
address as already mentioned is awithered leaf float-.
ing cn the River Mekong; and the achievements related here are those of the MyanmarArmed Forces.
In some ways it resembles the Pyei - Zon - Maw -

grn^($dr,^$. eelSq$:) , by Shin Htwe Nyo

(q"^n"gt.dD in Ava-period. The Maw - gun.
(eo5q$:) is cast in the for.m of a diary and Htilar
Sitthu also gives the dates of important events in the

campaign, thought, unlike Shin Htwe Nyo

(gEeq:$f,

_b

he omits the usual poetical compositions on the various paraphernalia of the armed
forces.

'

Htilar Sitthu is a contemporary poet and he himself has participated in the campaign. In common
with the writers of ei-gyin (eatrE:) and Maw-gun
(""8q$t), he wants to put bniecord for posterity
the deeds ofvalour and self-sacrifice ofthe protec-.
tors of the State so that the peoples of Myanrnar

-40-

may fdorive pride and satisfaction from them.l"(i:nlrally, it would be irnpossible for the poet to transuut
his thoughts and feelings on the campaign objectively.

Like the writefs of Maw-gur, (eclEq$:) though

h6 cannot help
unlike the ei-gyin (eel8:)

"o''tlposers,
betraying his personal feelings. He quite understandably expresses his anger, scorn and disgust for the
intrudeis.
The poet presents contemporary events, and the
actions are described iu a lartguage that suits the
situation. The style, as the occasion demands, in not
elevatecl as it would have been in court poetry of
this nature; but the poet exploits a very wide range
of poetical devices in series, conceits and figures of
speech with studied skill. Rich in vocabulary and competent in handling his material, he coaxes sense and
socerd to intel weave tightly. One notable feature is
the use of particular rhyme scheme (to be discussed
atthe ag;propriate junctule) for describing actions in
fast tenrpo with great poetical effect.

This is a moclern epic poem and its appeal to the

reader rvill be equally strong whether he is progressive of orthodox

By Professor Hla Pe
The Schbolof Oriental and

Af

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LONDON

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Ald fighting daily,

With blood dripping from the wounds,
ln rough weather,
With Strong Winds blowing,
Wearied and exhausted,

Annihilating all kinds of enemies,

My mind experienced happiness.

Taking up the pen ....

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Though my pen becmoes blunt.

Like sails that catch the wind,

I have to write the whole night,
Perspiring proFusely.

Raising my pen to the forehead ....

And carrying the gun,
Fighting constanlly,

proudly wirting yatu verse,

All of it for the benefit of the country,

Mould ing and chisel ing.
I try very hard

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Gnashing the teeth and competing,
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Comes new strength and power
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Theyhaleanother. :

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Times changed,
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Young generation

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Strong and refined,

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Generat Aung San,
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I eSperience tear-drops splashing.

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Oua splendid society and nation
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When the war of resistance began.
This was one of the sources.
(3)
We happened to have in this world

At this momeut this one of starting - points.

The responsibility we are confronted with
And reviewed the situation.
And very well you fulfilled
The dury given to You.
in the days gone.by,
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Where Titles are awarded for deeds bravery.

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The white star

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Flies in the air with splendour
Comparable only to that of coronation.
The whole country is witnessing
The vanishing of Fascists,

The fact which causes

Bndless boisterous shouts of welcome.

It is the Twenty - Seventh Day of March.

Having used collective strength

And let flow

lot of blood,

One can now roughly depict

A chapter in history
Whichwas fi lled with misery.
Manipulating strings are no moi'e.
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Because we must rebuild our country'

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Just when the Resistance was over

During the days and months of the summer'

In the Period of AFPFL.

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The ashes of war could stillbe seem
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Or even die of heartache.

They would beat their chests

Cursing war that creates such evil fate.

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They had experienced all these things

Of that period.
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Tens of millions of things

Had been destroyed.

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That had not been trarnpled

Bymilitaryboots,
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The Ayeyarwady herselfhad been sobbing.
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While the leaves were falling continuously,

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Stricken by grief

And suffering from starvation,

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(s)

All important wirthings

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And so to revive our literature

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Objects of art had been burnt down,

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I bring this to light.

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Our ancestors, ffom one generation

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Carried away to their countries

Our magnificent and elegant objects
To be shown everywhere
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To hear about that

Is to rouse our feelings.

Anger is smouldering in our hearts.

These things concerned us,

And now we cannot possess them.

Disappointed and outraged we are,

Andgnrmbling
(7)
Political tigers do not make wrong steps
So even though the door is open,

Do not step inside.

We cannot yet forget the past events.
Cau you see this

Without winking your eyes?

Excessive mindfulness is not needed here.
One has only to use one's intelligence.

Bootlickers were unjustly pressing

Against their own people.

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The mothers and the fathers of the country

Worried too much about the result

Of the atternpt to get free from slavery.
Though many governors were changed,
We remained

firm and unswayed.

Remove your colonial strings.

Take them away, won't you?
Please return to us our sovereign power.
L,et blood

flow and accumulate in a place.

On land's surface

We

will victoriously hoist

The flag of our country.

(8)

Duringthe war the Army

Had to be reorganized.

When the Kandy Agreement was made,

The number of servicemen
Was only five thousand two hundred.

This did not appear damaging.

They could take rest,
Waiting secretly,
Recuperating arrd reinforcing

In a corner ofour land,

Aiming only at one goal.

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You must not dream of taking back
Even a single inch of our land.
You ruled over our country

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You have sucked our soil.
Do not foment trouble
Through rumours and insipid speech,
Unpleasant and unfit to be heard:

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And commotion.

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Give us quickly our nation's Independence.
Strikes by wirters.

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Actually every individual everywhere.

Was going to ask for a commission.
A single word of the General
Was enough to start the pour of blood
On the date recorded in histrov.
At "NayTunYein,"
Hailing and shouting enthusiastically,
People were putting forward proposals
And passing resolutions,
Demanding total independence.
And the Army was taking delight
In combining in order to march
Towards victory.
(13)
They occupied our land
To be a colony and market place

With the intention to keep it long,

Employing various means arid rvays,
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But they could not prevent
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Can you contest this

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Our spirits may depart

And blood may be frozen,

Butyou too willhave

To pay the same price.
The arising and the disappearance of things.

In the eternal law ofnature.

Victory will be ours definitely."
(14)
Through unity victory can be gained.
Though the swindlers - expansionists

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Knowing that the country all over
Belonged to the Shans, the Kachins, the Chins,
The Kaying, the Rakhines, the Kayahs,

All standingupright
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We believe in our effort and strength.

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And therefore we feel no longer anxlety.

The meeting at Panglong
Was a gesture hearalding the fact
That the indigenous people

Are our blood relatives

And that we shall march together,
Helpong one another
In the spirit of goodwill.

Our independence and destiny

We shall manage.

Did you not hear

That continuous boisterous shouting?

New history is now reverberating.

If there is an iron wall,

We shall break through it.

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The whole country was demanding
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Striking flat gongs
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Let us select an emissary

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At this time we have on more desire

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National dignity is invested

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The troops of the Resistance.
Youthful and strong,
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Taking possession of them,

Keeping, and reconditioning them.

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Hidden and ready to burnt,
They were waiting in ambush

In order to inaugurate a new age'

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Firing in unbroken order
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Billows are rising.
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Victory is ours.
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It looks snow white in its silvery frock

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The condition of our country
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Many hot tears
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Correct remains this common saying.
Because of worng thinking,

Intense suffering continues to exist.

To compose a poem
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Write about adversitY,
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Of Loving - Kintlness To Th'e Whole World
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Tie together several garlands of poems.
Spread them like a shower of flowers

Adom the waves and balks of the cloud

With these flower designs

With them clad the earth as a frock.

The world of,man willabound
In bountiful beauty

As in a networl( of colourfulrainbow.
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Let there be supreme rejoice!

All kinds ofmusical instruments

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Grains of rice and barley"
Honey, molasses and syrup in quantify,

Divers provisions, spread over with

Buttermilk and butter abound;

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(4)
Parakeets and minas, and other birds

Flock here in waves without cessation

The sweet songs they sing
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Thrill the heart and touch the heartstrlogs.

The people of the Universe,

Enraptured, and in suspense,

Will greet the melody.

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Animals are left unharmed;Prisons empty and barriers none;

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Composed poems

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Theirviciousness known no bound.
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Alertness is deserting me
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Her precious love and life;

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Detractors who ridicule us
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The top of the mountain
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Of having dressed tliemselves up.
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Into shreds is torn
Their good reputation
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And brilliant bravery

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For their improper behaviour.
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That an invasion by stealt does not pay
And leads the culprits to their doom.
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We met the enemy, whose mind was wicked
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They lrad to check their fatique
And move away. They were torn.
And bruised by the bushes.
Their faces were gloomy too.
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They lost every battle. falling again and again.
No victory, but only loss and defeat.
There was no gain as yet
With their cold sweat.
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And surrounded by people,
We have written a historical record
With our blood,
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Full olTrur courage and enthusiasm,
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INTHE T]NION OFMYANMAR
YANGON.

No.32
The Embassy Of the Russian Federation
presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs ofthe Union of Myanmar and has the honour

to forward here-with the Congratulatory. Message
sent by Mr. Timur Pulatov, First Secretary. Coordinator of the International Association of Writers'
Unions (Russia) to His Excellency U Soe Nyunt;
Deputy Minister for Culture of the Union df
Myanmar on the occasion of awarding hinr the Grand
Poetic Prize of the Forum of Indochina.
The Embassy would be grateful if the Ministry

could kindly convey the above Massage to H.E. U

Soe Nyunt.
The Embassy of the Russian Federation avails

itself ofthis opportuntiy to renew to the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar the assurances of its highest consideration.
MINIS'TRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OF TIIE TJNION OF MYANMAR
YANGON

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IIIS EXCELLENCY
U SOEI\IYIINT
DEPUTY MINISTER FOR CUUT{ JRE

OFTHE UNION OFMYANMAR

YANGON

February 7;1997
Esteemed Mr. Deputy Minister;
We were very glad to learn that you have been

awarded the Grand Poetic Prize of the Forum

of

Indochina.

Your name is well known in our country. Your

poems were published several times in various Poetry antologies; one of which came out in 50 thousand copies.

We wish you great creative success and hope

to maintain further fruitful cooperation with you.
Sincerely yours,

TimurPulatoy
First Secretary-Coordinator
of the International Association
of Writers'Unions

Moscow

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Dear Min Hla Phone

Dr.Fleming replied to His Excellency yesterday.
We would like to than his excelecy on behalf

ofthe

university and on our behalf for the kind way in which

his excellency looked after ourVice Chancellor.
I know Dr.Fleming for over 20 years and I know
he's not easily influenced or even impressed, but he

returned from Myanmar overwhelmed by what Your

Excellency has done any by what you have achieved

yourself in your lifetime.

I probably shouldn't be replying to Your Excellency but I had to tell you how much we think about
you.

Yours sincerely,

Dr.I.M.Conlon
Registrar

Dutrlin Metropolitan University

-16For H.E Dr.Soe Nyunt (a) Htitar Sitthu

Former Deputy Minister For Culture
My Dear Dr.

Soe Nyunt,

Firstly I wish to thank you most sincerely for

everyting you did for me and for our university when
I had the great pleasure ofvisiting Yangon last June.

was overwhelmed by the warmth of the people

and the welcome which I received even at the highest level both in Dagon University and at the

Minis-

try for Education.Of course without you nothing

would have been possible and without our mutual
friend Dr.Philip Dews I would have never had the
enorrnous pleasure of meeting you and having the

privilege of shaking your hand.

We have sent your funds to the Cambridge Bio-

graphical Centre and my representative in the UK

has given Philip a copy of the draft that was sent to

them, together with a copy of the certificate of

positing.Philip will give these when he returns to
Yangon in the third week of September.

-17 -

With regard to your books we hope to get permission from you to include atleat some ofthem in
our literaty studies.I understand your beautiful work
is also being published in Malaysia.We hope also to

publish the wonderfully inspiring poem you recited

at the Graduation in Yangon on our website.Philip
hopes to call upon you to discuss this further when
he returns home to Yangon.

You are a very inspiring person Dr.Soe Nyunt

and

it is clear from the atmosphere

at the airport

when you and philip saw me off, that the people

hold you in the highest esteem.It is one thing to be
held in high esteen when

person has passed on but

it is singularly impressive when

a person is

plainly

held in the highest esteem in his own country when

he is alive and retired from high office.You could

sense

the change in the atmosphere when you

steeped through the doorway.Men who knew you

a

military capacity stood to attention'People smiled

at you their eyes lighting up

with plesure.It's not of-

ten a former politician inspires people like that.

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-18Myanmar for me was

wonderful success story.

Not only the graduation ceremony which was

an

exceptionally wonderful experience in front of that

huge crow of friendly people, but from the many

official meetings and press interview which you

so

kindly made possible.

We

will

encourage people

to go and

see for

themselves, to meet people and realise that

it is a

wonderland of opportunity, gracedby warm, hospitable people at every level of society.To make peo-

ple realise that the key to understanding is to open

doors and shake hands. I believe in building bridges
and making friends.

Life is so much better that way for us all.

With very best wishes to you, your charming
wife and fine family.

Yours Sincerely,
Desmond Fleming
Sunday , September 05, 2004

-t9Dear Aya -

It is a very kind of you to give

me a frompt re-

plv.

read such a long letter of HLAR SITTHU

Esquire with a great intrest.Mr.HTLAR SITTHU

must be an outstanding and Williant gentleman

among Myanmar aristrerat Society, through her
mordern and Contemporary history.
I feel we are very proud of translating his poem.

I into our language.Particularly amazing is that his

tender and mierciful words concern with the issue
occurred here in Japan not in Myanmar.

While I readingthis poem,Ifeltwe are bit quilty

that how our nation has over sincerely cared about

any kind of other nations at all just like HTILAR

SITTHU Esquire Splindidly demonstrated with this
poem to our Country in this sense, I am afraid to

confess that Japanese nation is

still too far

inmatuneto devote to world-wide diffrculities with a

truely apreciative country at all in other words. We

have very many rooms to learn and study the
widsdom world outside Japan.

With vest reguards

IIIKOJIRO YOKOTA
(Group Leader)

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-24Preface to

lltilar

Sitthurs

"Myanmar - Lao Goodwill Poems[

It is indeed agreatpleasure and privilege forme
to write this preface honouring the great Poet Htilar

Sitthu (the pen name of H.E. U Soe Nyunt, Deputy

Minister of Culture) for his new literary work"

Myanmar-Lao Goodwill Poems".I read the Poems,
and I really admire the Poet for his talent, his devo-

tion and his friendlyattitudeto mycountry and to my

people.

The LAO PDR (Lao People's Democratic Re-

public) and the Union of Myanmar as well as our

two peoples have been tied since the ancient time by
the same religion, costume and cultrue.In recentyears

the fine tradition of neighbourly relations between

the two countries have been consolidated and fruit-

ful bilateral coopertion in

so many sectors have been

developed coopertion in so many sectors have been

developed into concrete action, thus correspond in
so many sectors have been developed

into concrete

action, thus correspond to the wishes of leaders

of

both countries.

Htilar Stithu went

visitting Laos in the capacity of Deputy Minister of

remember on my request

-25Culture in May 1995 for a short period, and when he

returned back to Yangon he promised me to write

Poems cheering the bonds

of friendship between

Laos and Myanmar.And, as we could finally see the

result today, this come true.I read and read again

the poems, I am impressed by his great knowledge,
his writing-style, his ability of selecting nice words

touching and attracting the heart ofreaders, and reflecting the reality of the nature and human being.

In conclusion of this preface, may I take this

opportunity on behalf ofthe government and the Lao
people to extand my heartfelt gratitude and my profound thanks to H.E.U Soe Nyunt for his lovely and

goodwill Peoms which

consider a significant con-

tribution into strengthening and cementing the fine

tradition of friendship between ourtwo countries and
people.I sincerely hope that those POEMS would
be implanted in the heart of all the readers and be-

come the unforgotten memories of the Lao and

Myanmar peoples.

LY BOUNKHAM
Ambassador of the Lao PDR
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
Yangon ,6rMarch 2002

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Mr.Hikoj iro Yokota (Group Leader)

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Mr.Toshimitu Shima (Producer)

Miss Machiko Nakamata (Suppose to Translate)
Mr.Okaba(Editor)
Miss AYa Yamamoto (Manager)

-30-

Preface
Not long after I took up my dipiomatic post in
Yangon in 2005, I was delighted to hear that the
leading Myanmar poet U Soe Nyunt, who has long
been an ardent advocate of Sino-Myanmar friednship

was to publish a collection of poems, titled,Odes to

Sino-Myanmar Friendshrp. U Soe Nyunt is a man

of superb literary talent, and has created a large

number of poems, essays and novels in his leisure
moments, making an outstanding contribution to car-

rying forward Myanmals traditional culture and promoting cultural exchange between his country and
China.

U Soe Nyunt was born in Shwe Sitthi Village,

Meiktial, in central Myanmar, inl932.He served in
the army until 1982.He was Deputy Minister for
Culture before his retirement.Despite his venerable

of 74, U Soe Nyunt has never stopped writing,

and is still active in Myanmar's literary world and
age

international poetry circles, constantly producing new

works.Over the past 50 years, U Soe Nyunt has

created a host of poems, novels and essays,and has

been awarded many honorable titles as well as

medals.This collection include some of his poems
extolling Sino-Myanmar friendship.

-31As an old friend of Chinese people, U SoeNyunt

has deep emotional ties to China, as

well

as a pro-

fountl understanding of Chinese history and culture.

In the past few years, he haas visited China several

times, witnessing the tremendous achievements of
China's Opening and Reform,and economic construction, experienoing for himself the happy life

of

the Chinese people.He turned what he had seen and

heard into endless creative inspiration, and composed

the exciting and affecting Odes to Sino-Myanmar

Friendship.

ofU SoeNyunt's Odes to SinoMyanmar Friendship in further testimony to the

The publication

"Paukphaw" (kith and kin) Friendship between China

I express my congratulations on the

publication ofthis collection, and believe that it will
make a positive contribution to enhancing Sinoand Myanmar.

Myanmar cultrual exchanges and deepening the mu-

tual understanding and friendship between the two

peoples.

"

Guan Mu

Yangon,2006

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