Jenuh kau mencari
Jalan pulang ke azali
Setapak demi setapak
Kau harungi titian rapuh
Kau susuri setiap selekoh
Dan kini akhirnya
Kau bertemu jalan penghujung
Setiap onak duri
Setiap luka ngeri
Telah mengiring kau ke sini
Kini, di medan ini
Segala dosa pahala
Segala gundah gembira
Segala sengit saksama
Tamat dan bersemadi
Pupus tiada kembali.
On Icebergs
Everyone you meet today
is an iceberg:
what you see is what is
above the surface,
but underneath the waves is
a universe of hidden things:
Love and
Pain and
Joy and
Lust and
Hurt and
everything else that makes you and I
Real.
Tentang Secangkir
Secangkir kopi semanis puan
Buat pembuka hari terindah
Syukur hati bertindan-tindan
Kasih adinda perawat gundah.
On My Undivided Time
All I can give you
is my undivided time,
here and now,
to listen to
what you have to say.
To sympathise,
to commiserate,
to suggest,
to advise.
There is not much else
that I can give,
or would want to give.
This is it.
Take it as it is.
Tentang Galuran Hidup
Awal pagi berkolek tenang
Awan putih menaung redup
Dua rakan mata bertentang
Kongsi kisah galuran hidup.
Tentang Kemahuan
Apa erti hidup duniawi?
Banting tulang cari rezeki
Apa perlu hidup berserbi?
Cukup dengan redha Ilahi.
On a Majestic Unfolding
The sky was a dark hue of
Vermilion and pink and purple and
It took my breath away to
Know that just outside my balcony tonight is
His Majesty unfolding like
A banner of blessings.
Tentang Ketiadaan
Hanya tinggal ekoran gema
Tawa hilai yang pernah mungkin
Dalam sepi bertarung doa
Pada takdir berserah yakin.
Tentang Pertunangan
Tanggal dua puluhan satu
Engkau bakal menjalin ikat
Doa kami meluru laju
Moga makmur selama hayat!
On Days Unending
These days I tread in silence
In patient reverie
With faith in His Munificence
I spend each day with thee
These days I do remember
And softly meditate
On past travails and thunder -
Reflections inundate!
These days I wait and wonder
If ever future holds
Or if perhaps t’was never
My fortune to behold
These days I pass in silence
I wait resignedly
For Him to pass my sentence
My fate, eternal be!