KANDE-KANDE
(Kue-kue Penganan Mandar)
Oleh : Rusman Raymanda
Mua’ mali-malimangmi,
Membuwami buwa
rangas,
Mamengga tomi
baona apang,
Mittokkomi
sulapa’ putu,
Me’ulele’mi putu
manyang,
Sarombongmi berre-berre’ anna’ kambossol,
Mittallo’
tomi tallo’
panynyu,
Nasaba’
napittuleangmi karebana,
Loa lilana To
Mandar,
Namappamammis
issi are’na.
Anna’ mua’ tangallomi allo,
Ressu’mi loka janno,
Membuwa tomi issinna tara’ju’,
Toyangmi dzai’ koppe-koppe’
lange’,
Bubwur tomi sakko-sakko’,
Malepongmi tokkona bikang,
Tibwalulu’mi sagarna dadar,
Tijijirmi garemena kacipo’,
Tibu’usmi garattas alangkose’,
Tiukir tomi birinna jalan
kote’,
Nasaba’ napomelo’mi rupanna,
Loa tumbur elorna To Mandar,
Namappamaloppo issi are’na.
Lambi’mi
wattu arawiang,
Maressa’mi pallu
bwutung,
Membuwa tomi pisang
ijo anna’ loka
sari,
Perumbumi
bu’usna roko’ unti,
Mamengga tomi
lewunna lame-lame,
Mareremi
issinna ode-ode,
Nasaba’
nasenga’mi sarrinna,
Loa wattu
bukaNa To Mandar,
Namappasa’ga
issi are’na.
Mau nabonginna,
Perumbu dzuapai bandang
lojo’,
Tumbur tomi uwainna sara’ba,
Meppuli’mi uwainna ule-ule’,
Mekkambu-kambumi lambu-lambung,
Tikui’mi issinna buroccong,
Mamengga tomi tangngana cucur
te’ne’,
Membuwami buwa
sappang,
Tanda mai’dinna kande-kandena To
Mandar,
Mappamanyamang sukku’na lolong di
bwaro.
Rangas TamMalassu-Majene, 16 Januari 2014