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(Kahlil Gibran)

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
And He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also The bow that is stable


Monday, April 11, 2005

Tentang melihat Celah Surga

Biar saja surga membuka pintunya sebentar,
lihat saja - apakah manusia akan tergoda olehnya

Ketika celah menampakkan sungai sungai yang mengalir
membasahi bebatuan yang katanya diseraki dengan yaqut
dan jamrud

biar saja
biar saja

dan apakah memang manusia ingin tahu -apakah iya
dan apakah memang manusia mau tahu - apakah iya
dan apakan memang manusia tak mau tahu - apakah iya

Tuhan berkata kuberi bidadari :
kita menawar kok cuma itu

Tuhan berkata kuberi Perumahan Elit surga
kita bilang ah masak itu

Tuhan berkata kuberi bantalan Intan Berlian
kita berteriak lha kok gitu

padahal :
kemarin manusia cuma debu terbang
yang dalam sekejap saja ketika Kun diucapkan :

dalam hatinya bisa saja berderik dengki
dalam katanya meresonansikan benci

dan dalam protesnya :

aku tak memujaMu
karena aku sibuk membuktikan kepadaMu bahwa aku bisa
hidup tanpaMu bahwa salah sendiri kenapa
Kau tak pernah menampakkan diriMu.

Astaghfirullahal adzim.

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