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Semantic field is the scientific study that discuss on the semantics. Semantics is a branch of linguistics that focus on the meaning of words, while linguistics is the study that observe the spoken and written languages ​​that have systematic, rational and empirical characteristics as the description of structure and rules of language. One of the categories in semantic field is the cosmic. The cosmic includes any objects that are unreachable by humans such as the stars. The research purpose is to describe the cosmic representation from Hamzah Fansuri-s poem. Hamzah Fansuri-s poem entitled Sidang Fakir Empunya Kata is the locus and the primary research data. This research uses qualitative and ethnographic as the research methods that optimizing a semantic analysis as well as a grounded theory approach in order to seeks understanding the semantics phenomena in terms of the semantics field. The results shows that the cosmic (universe) is the space below of human perceptions. Some words that contain the cosmic categories from Sidang Fakir Empunya Kata are uryan and buraq mi-raj.