31.12.2011

Gieokeun iceodo simjangeun gieok hada

Bread and Music

Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;
Now that I am without you, all is desolate;
All that was once so beautiful is dead.

Your hands once touched this table and this silver,
And I have seen your fingers hold this glass.
These things do not remember you, belovèd,
And yet your touch upon them will not pass.

For it was in my heart you moved among them,
And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes;
And in my heart they will remember always,
They knew you once, O beautiful and wise.

Conrad Aiken

Distant light

Harsh and cold
autumn holds to it our naked trees:
If only you would free, at least, the sparrows
from the tips of your fingers
and release a smile, a small smile
from the imprisoned cry I see.
Sing! Can we sing
as if we were light, hand in hand
sheltered in shade, under a strong sun?
Will you remain, this way
stoking the fire, more beautiful than necessary, and quiet?
Darkness intensifies
and the distant light is our only consolation
that one, which from the beginning
has, little by little, been flickering
and is now about to go out.
Come to me. Closer and closer.
I don't want to know my hand from yours.
And let's beware of sleep, lest the snow smother us.

Walid Khazindar

Mengapa di rindu

Anak punai anak merbah
Terbang turun buat sarang
Anak sungai pun berubah
Ini pula hati orang
Mengapa dikenang

Asal kapas jadi benang
Dari benang dibuat baju
Barang lepas jangan kenang
Sudah jadi orang baru
Mengapa dirindu

Kasih yang dulu tinggal dalam mimpi
Kasih yang baru simpan di hati
Kasih yang dulu tinggal dalam mimpi
Kasih yang baru simpan di hati

Mengapa di rindu

Selat teduh lautan tenang
Banyak labuh perahu Aceh
Jangan kesal jangan kenang
Walau hati rasa pedih
Mengapa bersedih

Kalau pinang masih muda
Rasanya kelat sudahlah pasti
Kalau hilang kasih lama
Cari lain untuk ganti
Mengapa dinanti

Patah 'kan tumbuh hilang berganti
Akan sembuh kalau diubati
Patah 'kan tumbuh hilang berganti
Akan sembuh kalau diubati
Sayang mengapa dirindu

Cindai

Cindailah mana tidak berkias
Jalinnya lalu rentah beribu
Bagailah mana hendak berhias
Cerminku retak seribu

Mendendam unggas liar di hutan
Jalan yang tinggal jalan berliku
Tilam ku emas cadarnya intan
Berbantal lengan tidurku

Hias cempaka kenangan tepian
Mekarnya kuntum nak idam kumbang
Puas ku jaga sibunga impian
Gugurnya sebelum berkembang

Hendaklah hendak hendak ku rasa
Puncaknya gunung hendak ditawan
Tidaklah tidak tidak ku daya
Tingginya tidak terlawan

Cindai

Janganlah jangan jangan ku hiba
Derita hati jangan dikenang
Bukanlah bukan bukan ku pinta
Merajuk bukan berpanjangan

Akar beringin tidak berbatas
Cuma bersilang paut di tepi
Bidukku lilin layarnya kertas
Seberang laut berapi

Gurindam lagu bergema takbir
Tiong bernyanyi pohonan jati
Bertanam tebu di pinggir bibir
Rebung berduri di hati

Laman memutih pawana menerpa
Langit membiru awan bertali
Bukan di rintih pada siapa
Menunggu sinarkan kembali