Kepada Mu Kekasih!

"Kepada Mu Kekasih, aku serahkan...
Jiwa dan raga....
Jua segalanya!"

Vanity

Ezra Pound correctly calls for the "destruction" of vanity,
Although, vanity is more than the image of a girl with a mirror.
Vanity lies also in feeling good about doing good.

An excerpt from Ezra Pound's Cantos read as follows:

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.
Pull down thy vanity,
It is not man made courage, or made order, or made grace,
Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down.
Learn of the green world what can be thy place
In scaled invention or true artistry,
Pull down thy vanity, Paquin pull down!
The green casque has outdone your elegance.

"Master thyself, then others shall thee beare"
Pull down thy vanity
Thou art a beaten dog beneath the hail,
A swollen magpie in a fitful sun,
Half black, half white
Nor knowst'ou wing from tail
Pull down thy vanity
How mean thy hates
Fostered in falsity,
Pull down thy vanity,
Rathe to destroy, niggard in charity,
Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down.

But to have done instead of not doing
This is not vanity
To have, with decency, knocked
That a Blunt should open
To have gathered from the air a live tradition
or from a fine old eye the unconquered flame
this is not vanity.
Here error is all in the not done,
all in the diffidence that faltered

Shifting Gears

Shif the gears,
Up and down...back and forth!
You think, erroneously...I am of just one,
How so very wrong!

Shift the gears,
Have you thought life taught me nothing?
Have you never wondered what I've seen?
Where I've been?

Shift the gears,
While you shift yours,
I'll shift mine!

On The Adab of Love I

Menanti satu detik pandangan magis Mu
Cukup untuk meredakan rindu duniawi
Segala dugaan dan pesona menjadi irama indah
Kesakitan ragaku berlalu pergi tiada bererti

Pada Mu jua tertuju segala jalan
Pada Mu jua cinta ku serahkan
Kerna hati seorang pencinta
Pandangannya satu
Matanya hanya melihat Dia yang melihatnya
Hanya Dia kekasihnya

Sang pencinta
Hanya dia merasa
Semangat sebuah pengorbanan

Sang pencinta
Hanya dia mengerti
Persoalan Percintaan ini

Cinta ini rela menderita
Agar rindu batinnya terubat
Mengenang Dia...Cinta yang Dipuja
Mengenang Dia...Cinta yang Diredha

Hanya Dia
Mengenang Dia
Hanya Dia

Ada

Dalam awan ada hujan, dan dalam hujan ada lautan,
Dalam aku, ada Dia...dan dalam Dia ada segala-galanya

Dalam hutan, ada taman...dan dalam taman ada puterinya,
Dalam baju, ada Cinta...dan dalam Cinta ada segala-galanya

As Good As It Gets

The still.
Still night.
Is about as Real as stillness gets.

The pain.
Of being alight.
Is about as painful as pain gets.

The chill.
Chilling fright.
Is about as True as a chill gets.

The yearn.
From being Apart.
Is about as sincere as a yearning gets.

The tear.
For losing the fight.
Is about as proper as a tear gets.

The sight.
Sight of Your Might.
Is about as abasing as a sight gets.

The warmth.
Warmth of Your Light.
Is about as Good as it gets.