Krakatau
Subtitle: the Tale of Lampung submerged = Syair Lampung karam
By: Muhammad Saleh ; translated from the classical Malay by John H. McGlynn ; based on the romanized transliteration by Suryadi ; and an essay on the syair verse form by Ian Proudfoot and Virgina Hooker
Contributors: Suryadi, 1965- translator; McGlynn, John H. translator; Muhammad Saleh, active 19th century; Muhammad Saleh, active 19th century
Publisher: NUS Press in association with Lontar
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: may; eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9789971698508
Subjects: Poetry; Eruption, 1883; Volcanoes; Tsunamis
Other titles: Tale of Lampung submerged; Syair Lampung karam
Description: Malay classical poem on the eruption of Krakatau in 1883.
Notes: "First published in Malay in 1883 under the title Syair Lampung Karam by the printing firm Cap al-Haji Muhammad Tayib in Singapore."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-134).

Text of poems in Malay, with translation in English (Malay in roman and Jawi).