Islamic Boarding School Veranda Poetry | Tebuireng Online

Tebuireng in Evening Prayer

On the lonely road to transgression
steps of students saying prayer
from open books
light flows into the soul

Tebuireng is not just a name
This is the house of knowledge, the house of prayer
a place of longing to grow together
Between this world and the afterlife are inseparable

Hadratussyyikh planted the seeds
In the wetland, full of thoughts
today it grows into a forest of wisdom
whose leaves shade the people.

In the Islamic Boarding School Foyer

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Worn prayer mats, the sound of qiraah
Bear witness to a long night
Students repeat letter by letter
is like planting hope in your chest

Kiai talked about patience
About knowledge that is not burdened by time
about life being modest
and prayers that cannot be interrupted

In the foyer of the Islamic boarding school
I learned the meaning of silence
that silence is the language of the sky
And tears are a pilgrimage.

Unified Culture

Gamelan meets saliva
Javanese poetry blends with prayer
culture and religion are not opponents
but rather a bridge to ridha

In Tebuireng, I witnessed
tradition embraced science
customs side by side with the Koran
Nothing is lost
only getting brighter

From layers to villages
Islamic boarding schools light the social torch
educate the heart, build the nation
With love that doesn’t take up time.

Writer: Wahyu Nur Oktavia
Editor: Rara Zarary