Syair Syurga
bibliography
text notes
list of words
list of rhyme words
illustrations

Bibliography

title:

Syair Syurga

edition:

Suryadi, “Syair Syurga a Devotional Literary Text in an Early Malay Printed Book from Sumatra”, Sari 27 (2009): 67-95. Available online.

print
source:

Ini Syair Syurga, yang dikeluarkan dari nas QurŽan dan hadis Nabi ..., Palembang, 1917.   (Leiden University Library, shelf mark 5-800 E 102).

dates:

text & print edition:  1917.

provenance:

text:  Palembang Lama, 1 Ilir.;    manuscript:  Palembang.

words:

2129 words, comprising 485 verses.

references:

to the pages (tp, 1-12) and stanzas on each page of the 1917 edition.

 

This text was kindly provided by Suryadi

 
Editorial notes
For images of the title page and first page of the text, see illustrations.
The booklet outlines tarekat teachings about the levels of consciousness and a symbolic interpretation of the prayer ritual.
 
Preparation
Added:  April 2008
A pre-publication digital text was provided by Suryadi, and adapted to the MCP format.  There may be minor discrepancies between the MCP text and the published text.  In any such case, the published text is to be preferred.