PEARLS OF ADVICE IN SALOKA MADURA (Saloka 41-50)

SALOKA 41

TABBHUWÂN SENNÈN

It means :
Tetabuhan or music playing with a small ball as a boy walks while carrying his friend.

Contents of advice:
Satire towards someone who takes the role of another person to serve himself. For example, a guest serves himself by taking his own dish into the host's room and he also puts it back.
It's really inappropriate to take over someone else's role just to please yourself

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SALOKA 42

SOTTRA ÈPAKAÈ' KA CARANG

It means :
Silk is tied to thorny bamboo twigs

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SALOKA 43

SAPO EGGHÂ' SAMPAYYA

It means :
A broom with a broken strap

Contents of advice:
The relationship between two people is no longer harmonious. Communication that is broken causes them not being able to work together
and become a strong barrier to living together in their environment.

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SALOKA 44

SONGAY MATÈ OLONA

It means :
Like a river whose water source has dried up at the top

Contents of advice:
A parable about the fate of a widow whose husband dies and cannot earn her own living. There is nothing wrong with a wife earning a living without abandoning her responsibilities as a housewife and getting the blessing of her husband.

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SALOKA 45

WA-TOWA AJÂM

It means :
Chickens whose bodies and feathers get older become more beautiful

Contents of advice:
A parable for someone who is getting older is getting prettier or more handsome.
It is not impossible for someone who is good at taking care of themselves, maintaining their health, diet, maintaining their mindset and maintaining their morals to appear more attractive and charming to the eyes of other people.

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SALOKA 46

WA-TOWA PATÈ'

It means :
Dogs usually get thinner and uglier as they get older

Contents of advice:
The older a person's body and facial features become, the uglier they become.
Even when you are young you have a healthy body and a beautiful or handsome face, but if you are not good at taking care of yourself, don't look after your health, don't look after your diet, don't look after your mindset, and have bad morals, you will look old quickly.
frail and increasingly unattractive when looked at,

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SALOKA 47

WANG-GHUWÂNG NEMMO TAÈ

It means :
Dung-eating beetles meet feces

Contents of advice:
Someone who meets the food they like the most (hoyan)
will eat it very heartily.
Greedy people often forget themselves and are shameless when their favorite food is in front of them. Even when eating, a person often shows his true nature, which is greedy and unable to restrain himself

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SALOKA 48

LÈKÈ DON'T NAMPÈK BÂ'Â

It means :
Like a ditch that does not reject floodwater (flood)

Contents of advice:
A woman who has not yet returned to puberty
married to an old man.
Even though an arranged marriage between two pairs of people is God's will, if the husband is much older than his wife, it will definitely invite criticism or sarcasm from those around him. Especially if her husband is the same age as her father

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SALOKA 49

LADDHING TAḌÂ' BHÂJHÂNA

It means :
Like a knife that does not contain steel

Contents of advice:
It is said to people who no longer have power and influence.
When someone in power prioritizes his ego's interests, he will lose authority when his power ends.

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SALOKA 50

KASOR RAILWAY PUMPKIN

It means :
Falling onto the bed

Contents of advice:
Someone who always finds comfort in every job.
People who are lucky always find a place and atmosphere that is comfortable and established wherever they work.
In general, this success is owned by people who go through a process of working hard to develop their potential in the right place. What they do matches their potential.

By R. Tg. Bustomi Irwan Kurniadi Jati Budoyo ,S,Pd.,M.Pd.,MM,C.NS