Bentangan butir butir pasir menggunung
Dibagian bumi ini gersang dan dahaga
Silau terik mentari membakar membara
Dinginnya kelam malam mencekam raga
Disini bumi ini berganti pandang
Gelintiran pasir pasir itu tidak diam
Angin sahara melukiskan banyak gambar
Ombak pasir menggulung lembut dibukit curam
Dari jauh datang seorang kelana
Pasir pasir gugur kena injakan onta
Oasis hijau itu tujuan mereka
Untuk beristirahat dbawah pohon kurma
Jumat, 5 Juni 2009
sajak ini pendek tapi betul betul menggambarkan gurun pasir… seperti apa ya pohon kurma, apa seperti pohon palem?
He….. kan memangnya kurma itu sejenis palem. Ini info dari britannica.com:
Phoenix dactylifera), tree of the palm family (Arecaceae, or Palmae), found in the Canary Islands, northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, and the U.S. state of California. The date palm grows about 23 metres (75 feet) tall. Its stem, strongly marked with the pruned stubs of old leaf bases, terminates in a crown of graceful, shining, pinnate leaves about 5 metres (16 feet) long. Floral spikes branch from the axils of leaves that emerged the previous year. Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants. Under cultivation the female flowers are artificially pollinated. The date is a one-seeded fruit, or berry, usually oblong but varying much in shape, size, colour, quality, and consistency of flesh, according to the conditions of culture. More than 1,000 dates may appear on a single bunch weighing 8 kg (18 pounds) or more. The dried fruit is more than 50 percent sugar by weight and contains about 2 percent each of protein, fat, and mineral matter.
Thinking about dates…… yuuumyyyy
XXX F
I wonder why they call them dates………??? Any idea???
About the name for ‘date’. Maybe it came from its French name ‘dattier’ and the German name ‘dattel’ and the Italian name ‘dattero’…………