Setiap hela nafas
Adalah doa yang tak terlafaz
Mensyukuri nikmat-Mu
Mengagumi agung-Mu
Mengharapkan ampun-Mu
Tuhan yang Maha Teratas
Tanpa Engkau, aku tiada asas.
#559 Tentang Pemejaman Mata Berjamaah
Kerana kuasa
Kita pejamkan mata
Dusta
Noda
Akur
Anjung.
#558 On Girls and Their Things
One by one
They lined up, parading
Dainty fingers pointing to
Ring, bracelet
Ring, watch, handbag
Watch, ring, bracelet, ring
Watch, necklace
Bracelet, watch, handbag
Breathlessly rattling
APM Monaco
LV
Hermés
Swarovski
Diamond
Rolex
Lovisa
Shein
Giggles and screams
Peddling delightful dreams
Of things, things, things.
#557 On The Days
A river of words
Snaking through the valley of
My quotidian days.
#556 Tentang Hari Paling Cemerlang
Yang aku rai:
Hari paling cemerlang.
Ya, komorebi.
#555 Tentang Martinus
Dulu kau meraja
Tumbuk terajang kau hadiahkan
Pada budak hingusan
Yang tak mampu melawan
Kini kau melata
Senyum kerang kau pasangkan
Pada wajah hodoh
Yang kau pamerkan demi kudapan
Kami tak akan lupa
Muka babi seorang pencedera.
#554 On The Blind Man of Gaza
I would rather You
Strike me blind, O God
Than for me to have to see
This blasphemy before me
What good are these eyes
If all they see is
This valley of unending tears?
#553 On The Rushing Days
The days rush by
With the jibber jabber of words said
And the hurly burly of things to be done
And the helter skelter of events
("Events, dear boy, events" was what he said)
The days anoint our lives
And mark the passing of Time
And the passing of friends
In the pursing of Time remaining
The dwindling of our days
Our lives, with each day erased
The passing of dazed souls
Meeting their final end
I try to catch the days
As they rush by:
The futility irks me
Even as Death lurks, erasing the days
And I try to catch the rays
Of sunlight as they fall at my feet
Each day, until the day
When Death will come to greet.
#552 On CSR, SDG, ESG and Other Attempts at Moneymaking
An alphabet soup
of earnest dreams repackaged
for artless wallets.
#551 Tentang Pemergian Seorang Sahabat
Malam ini aku dikejutkan
Dengan berita pemergianmu, sahabat
Terlalu lama kita tidak bersua
Dan kerinduan itu kini takkan terubat
Kau telah pergi meninggalkan kami
Malam ini aku mengenangkan
Satu demi satu ingatan padamu, sahabat
Terlalu lama aku bertangguh untuk berjumpa
Kini saatnya sudah terlewat
Kau telah pergi ke alam abadi
Damailah di sana, sahabat
Kita bakal ketemu nanti.
(buat sahabatku Abas, moga Allah merahmati)