Pantun - Senyuman sehalus Embun (translated into English)
senyuman sehalus embun
melekat di daun memori
tertulis dalam sebaris pun
kilauan mencahayakan hari
translation...
smile delicate as dew
sticks to a leaf of memory
even if written in one line
brightens up the day
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Dalam Rindu
Bersamamu
Lalui hari-hari itu
Arungi lautan waktu
Dalam lagu
Dan cintaku
Sepertinya takkan layu
Bila kau tetap di hatiku
Dalam rindu
Kasihku
Kuingin sedikit kau tahu
Betapa berharga dirimu
Dalam hidupku
Tapiku
Tak ingin selalu menunggu
Gelisah dan tak menentu
Dalam ragu
Bersamamu
Meski kadang terasa pilu
Bagai tertusuk sembilu
Jiwaku sendu
Dan cintaku
Kuatkan raga dan jiwaku
Hadapi hari kelabu
Hujan dan salju
Kasihku
Coba kau dengarkan aku
Jangan terus hindariku
Lihat diriku
Karna ku
Tak ingin selalu terpaku
Hanya diam dan mengadu
Dalam kalbu
Akankah
Kau hapus semua gundah
Bagaikan sebuah anugerah
Ataukah itu hanya kata-kata indah
Kasihku
Kuingin sedikit kau tahu
Betapa berharga dirimu
Dalam hidupku
Tapiku
Tak ingin selalu menunggu
Gelisah dan tak menentu
Dalam ragu
Bersamamu
Lalui hari-hari itu
Dan kau tetap di hatiku
Dalam rindu
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Mantra Hujan
Hujan, terus hujan sepanjang hari
Hujan yang tak henti
Seperti ingin mendinginkan bumi yang panas
Hingga kembali mengeras
Atau malah ingin menguasai dunia
Dengan melapukkan manusia
Hujan, terus hujan sepanjang hari
Hujan yang tak henti
Seperti ingin meminta hati yang sepi
Turut serta dalam nyanyian sunyi
Atau malah ingin menarik jiwa yang tak peduli
Masuk ke dalam tidur abadi
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Memory (Thy Shall)
Thy shall not slumber,
Thy shall not wake,
A memory so fragile,
So delicate it may break.
A memory so lost,
So unwanted it tears apart,
Until it dies,
It shall go back to thy start.
A powerful memory it may be,
Or a memory that shall be overlooked,
Thy one shall let it see,
How thy memory is like a book.
But how powerful thy memory is,
It has to be stronger than a good memory,
A memory that has passion and feeling,
A memory that has greatness and becoming myself, I, and me.
Until that kind of memory is shown,
Thy memory shall be looked upon near and far,
Thy memory shall be kept hidden,
Until it shall be who we are.
Thy shall not slumber,
Thy shall not wake,
A memory so fragile,
so delicate it may break.
poem by Alicia Meyers
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Kamu
Kamu, berbisik dalam hati
Kamu, memanggil dalam fikiran
Untuk apa…
Kalau tak kau jelaskan
bila aku akan mengerti..
Memanggil dalam fikiran
Berbisik dalam hati…
Entahlah…
Sampai bila
Aku juga tidak tahu….
poem by Qistina Zaini
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Pantun - sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan mengawan sungguh menawan
kampung kuantan river is quiet and dark
the fishermen's oars slice a loneliness
the fireflies melt my night away
their flame of love takes my breathe away
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan bercinta meriahkan percutian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan cinta meriahkan percutian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan mengawan berentak nyanyian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan dan ketawa beretak nyanyian
sungei kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencerahkan malam segenap
kilauan keriangan berentak nyanyian
kampung kuantan sunyi gelap
dayung nelayan menghiris kesepian
kelip kelip mencair malam segenap
kilauan mengawan tanda kesucian
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Wajah Pagi di Wajahmu yang Malam Memancar Cahaya Malammu di Wajah Pagi
Sudah berapa banyak angka dari kalender
Merawat nyeri dari luka paragraf soliloqui
Pada bangunan yang dipurbakan
Setiap jeda waktu terteriak di mulutmu
Serupa dengung tawon dalam hutan
Deru suaramu meruwat perjalanan ngilu
Ngilu: Kau ceritakan lagi pagi ini
Seperti pagi yang lalu tanpa ingata
Mungkin di pagi yang lain, insomniamu
Dan kamu akan datang lagi, ceritakan nyeri
Pada kematian di hamparan panggung teater lengang
Lalu tegang di wajahmu
Lalu tenang seolah-olah
Pada bait-bait puisi
Yang kau sesalkan sebelum tidur
Lalu mimpi buruk melumat sesal
Sembunyikan ketakutan di bibirmu
Bibirmu: Cerita ngilu di sebuah pagi
"pada akhirnya batang tubuh berakal ini
menjadi analog-analog kecil dalam satwa
yang kau juga aku mengembunkannya
pada imajinasi untuk sesuap nasi."
Kau diam sebentar, bercakap kecil
Kulihat ke dalam matamu, ada luka
"Luka itu kawan, yang membuat senyum
di kanvas pagi yang ngilu pada ceritaku
selain luka tak ada lagi untuk sebuah cerita
dan kenangan hanya maut yang tak kukenal."
Kata-katamu menetaskan api pagi ini
Sebagaimana aksara di bibir penyair itu
Telah membakar puisi dan mengabu kini
Terhempas ke ladang-ladang petani
Terhimpit map-map plastik di kantor-kantor
Menempel di wajahmu sendiri
Pagi ini, lembut. Legam.
Kau diam kemudian
Sambil menunjuk jari ke tubuh ayam betina
Yang mencari makan sisa angin dan embun segar semalam
Jika hujan tak membawanya pergi
Dan kau tak mencolongnya untuk sepenggal diksi
"Lihatlah ayam betina itu, tenang dan tentram."
Sebab tak punyai kata-kata untuk luka
Maka waktu mengisi nyeri
pada jeritan sebelum subuh
Dan segala seperti mula asal
Bangkit lagi, kematian tak berupa
Bahkan catatan dikosongkan
Untuk nama-nama luka
Sesiang nanti, hari tak berharapan
Hari tanpa pangkuan
Selain hanya ceritamu
Yogyakarta,2011-2012
poem by Selendang Sulaiman
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A Leaf
to a non-poet a leaf is just a leaf
and when it falls
on the ground, there is nothing but a
fall
but to us who claim this art
a leaf is not just a leaf
but it can be you or i
falling and when i reach the ground
you feel the heart of the leaf
beating
for its falling, its failure as a leaf,
its surrender to a certain death
its claiming a portion of this earth
to rest and be part of this
world, it rots, and it speaks some line
before it rots
a poem, a valediction on an anthill,
an eulogy of the other leaves that
fell before the great falling
it can be a story of humanity written
on the lines of its face, it will have flesh
on its layers, some mouths on its
seams, and it will tell too
about the tree where it comes from
how the clouds drifted so close to its stalk
how the sun kissed it on top of everything
a leaf is a world. just as a poem is.
we live inside it. Through it. Even
outside it. Even in circles.
we make understanding so complicated.
yet we are so simple as you see us.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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A Smile
A smile brightens a darkened room.
A smile converts an air of gloom.
A smile is the gate to a happy mind.
A smile is a treasure all must find.
A smile is so needed at this time of strife.
A smile means we’re in charge of life.
A smile lost is an opportunity missed.
A smile is an opportunity to never resist.
A smile spreads its rays like sun above.
A smile sends joy and engenders love.
A smile costs nothing but has limitless worth.
A smile is as valuable as anything on earth.
poem by Gregory Huyette
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Bonfire
stoke the fire!
sticks of prejudice
and hatred...
sticks of greed
and apathy.
sticks of profit
and loss....
sticks of capitalism,
and oil....
sticks of guns,
and patriotism.
sticks of sexual abuse
and addiction...
sticks of oppression,
and slavery....
stoke the fire!
build it up till
it's all gone....
maybe we'll find
...tomorrow..
in the ashes!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Your Smile...
Your smile…
Your smile…
No one can ever make me smile unless its your smile…
I cant seem to control my smile when ever I see your smile…
The thoughts of your smile makes me smile…
A smile soo beautiful… soo nice…
Just a simple smile of yours makes my day…
Its funny how such a smile can mean soo much…
When I’m down all it takes is your smile to make me whole…
Your smile makes my emotion screams in every way…
Your smile…
Your smile…
Your smile is the sunset in my world…
When your not smiling the world turns dark…
But when you smile my world brightens up…
By: Tou Yang
Laut Di Tengah Keajaiban Musim Dingin
Meski angin bertiup kencang dan air laut mengamuk dashyat
Esok hari adalah suatu hari yang baru
Kau akan mengalirkannya
Meski dipisahkan oleh angin yang bertiup kencang
maupun ombak yang besar
Itulah pelosok pulau tempat orang yang kita cintai menunggu
Kau akan mengalirkannya
Ke hatimu
Nun jauh di balik bayang-bayang pulau
Di tengah laut yang arusnya deras
Burung putih akan membawa kembali arwah kekasih yang telah tiada
Membawa kembali
Suatu hari akan jatuh cinta pada seseorang
Meski ombak di laut ganas diterpa tiupan angin
Mencintai seseorang
Bukalah hatimu sekali lagi
Meski awan di langit jauh dari jangkauan
Kalau hati terbang jauh, cinta pun akan datang menjemput
Perasaan di dalam hati itu
Pasti akan sampai di pangkuanmu
Meski jaraknya jauh sekalipun
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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pantun - benih di usik ayer dan cahaya (translated into English)
benih di usik ayer dan cahaya
satu hari dua hari tumbuh berdiri
anak di didik cara hidup bahagia
satu hari nanti pandai berdikari
benih di usik ayer dan cahaya
satu hari dua hari tumbuh berdiri
anak di didik cara hidup bahagia
satu tahun dua tahun pandai berdikari
the seed touched by water and light
one or two days it stands up
the son taught how to live happily
one or two years soon learn to become independent
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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A Smile
A smile
is a frown turned upside down.
A smile
is painted on the face of a clown.
A smile
brightens a dreary day.
A smile
chases tears away.
A smile
is a gift that shows you care.
A smile
is priceless no matter where.
A smile
is the key to happiness.
A smile
a sure sign of success.
When you feel lonely in a strange place.
It helps to see a smile on another's face.
If there is any real magic around.
It is the silent magic of a smile's sound.
(02MAR86)
poem by Kurt Hearth
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The Smile
There is a Smile of Love
And there is a Smile of Deceit
And there is a Smile of Smiles
In which these two Smiles meet
And there is a Frown of Hate
And there is a Frown of disdain
And there is a Frown of Frowns
Which you strive to forget in vain
For it sticks in the Hearts deep Core
And it sticks in the deep Back bone
And no Smile that ever was smild
But only one Smile alone
That betwixt the Cradle & Grave
It only once Smild can be
But when it once is Smild
Theres an end to all Misery
poem by William Blake from Songs and Ballads (1794)
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The Smile
There is a Smile of Love
And there is a Smile of Deceit
And there is a Smile of Smiles
In which these two Smiles meet
And there is a Frown of Hate
And there is a Frown of disdain
And there is a Frown of Frowns
Which you strive to forget in vain
For it sticks in the Hearts deep Core
And it sticks in the deep Back bone
And no Smile that ever was smild
But only one Smile alone
That betwixt the Cradle and Grave
It only once Smild can be
But when it once is Smild
Theres an end to all Misery
poem by William Blake from Songs and Ballads (1794)
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Poets Lost In Translation
several differing translations
of some masterpiece poems
written by immortal poets
timeless especially esteemed
written in foreign languages
stresses how much poetry
suffers lost in translation
it is the hardest literary
medium to translate due
to the multiple meanings
of some words choice chosen
in the original mother language
the wonderful poetic effects
linking such words achieves
resonates in receptive souls
Is a good translation only
achieved when the translator
is a poet with a mother tongue
knowledge of both languages
in use vibrating admiration?
Is an intimate knowledge
a unique empathic sensitivity
for chosen poet in translation
a prime necessity in translating
feelings emotions ideals writ?
poem by Terence George Craddock
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Doubt
debar keraguan
api harapan diterjang angin kencang
menetak jurang
luka ditorehkan karang
hingga ke dalam
terus ke dalam
dan tak menghilang
doubt beat
fire of faith blew by strong wind
digging pitfall
wound scratched rocks
until deep
keep deeper
and not disappear
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Fatamorgana
Fire on the sky
Colors flying through her mind
Desert touch the sky
Here at the place where she will die
She is looking far far away
It seems there's no escape
From a prison without bars
Only to follow the bright star
She's running all the way
Fatamorgana
Only yesterday
Fatamorgana
A little girl, a little girl
Longing for her mother's world
She was just a little girl
Fatamorgana
Ah, ah, ah, ah
YUMAH YAH YUMAH
MIN DALAM'NIK
MIN DALAM
YUMAH YAH YUMAH
MIN DALAM'NIK
MIN DALAM
KOL HAYATIK
YA'AHYAH
HOMIYAH
Ho mirage
She's running all the way
Fatamorgana
only only yesterday
Fatamorgana
A little girl, a little girl
Longing for her mother's world
I was just a little girl
Fatamorgana
A little girl, a little girl
Longing for her mother's world
I was just a little girl
Fatamorgana
Mama
Ah...ah...ah...ah...Mirage
AHYAH YUMAH
Ah...ah...Mirage...
song performed by by Ofra Haza
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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You Alone Are The Beginning
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari!
You are the indivisiblebr ahman,
Who even the likes of Brahma cannot fathom
And the misled men search elsewhere!
Millions of suns and moons dwell in your moonlike face,
Where the seeking eyes of men never reach
And just like the darkness,
which loses against the effulgent blaze of the sun
'Neti! Neti! ' the Scriptures vainly preach!
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari!
The Lord of the Earth is the Lord of million million universes
The million million universes are like pores of his skin!
Saguna is a mere guise of Nirguna!
You can shatter the veil of Illusion, once you grasp this Mystery!
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari!
Yet he is not alone, he is not distinct from his creation,
Which is his all-encompassing energy!
Sri Krishna is without the beginning,
Total bliss is his nature and Radha his ravishing beloved!
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari!
None knows the secret of the Vedas,
And hardly few know their essence,
Like Suka, Sanak and the divine minstrel Narada
Who meditate on the Absolutebr ahman!
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari!
The AbsolutePur us hott ama passionately plays as his lovers plead!
And by being his girlfriend, Narsinh relishes the very nectar
The women of Vraj so delightfully revel in!
You alone are the beginning, the middle, and the end!
You alone, you alone, Sri Hari!
poem by Narsinh Mehta
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Hari Ng Musika (edited)
Oh, Hari ng musika
anong kapangyarihan meron ka
at tila nababasa mo
ang laman ng aking dibdib.
Oh, Hari ng musika
anong kapangyarihan meron ka
at iyong musika
ay tila gamot
sa aking kalungkutan.
Oh, Hari ng musika
anong kapangyarihan meron ka
at iyong musika
ay tila isang kamay
na nagtutulak sa akin
sa pangarap.
Oh, Hari ng musika
sa iyo ay aking hiling
na sana
sa iyong musika'y ituro
sa aking mahal ang daan
pabalik sa akin.
poem by Marites C. Cayetano
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