#897 Tentang Pemergian Seorang Ayahanda

Pemergian adalah suatu kesakitan yang pasti datang
Ajal itu sudah tentu berakhir
Dan dari setiap yang mati dan lahir
Berputik kehidupan baharu yang subur dan lantang

Yang anehnya, deru tangisan tetap bercucuran
Sungguhpun kita cukup ketahuan
Bahawa hari ini sudah pasti tiba
Termaktub dalam lumrah dan fitrah manusia

Jangan kau cela air mata yang gugur
Ia tanda kau masih mampu bersyukur.

#871 On Love’s Dark Avatar (Chappelle Roan)

Clad in metal armour, she
Marched out ahead of serried ranks
Red hair agleam amidst the spree
The flames of Love declare their thanks
As they devour the darkened ruins
With Hope smashed up against the wall
An avatar of Love’s dark brewings,
Her sword declares her final call:
“You may deny your feelings now
But Love will ever mark your brow.”

#652 On The Regrets of a Middle-Aged Man (Letters to a Young Friend)

Dear friend,

You asked me about Regrets:

All I can say is that my own Youth,
Like that of many others, has had its trials.
I've wrestled with the shifting sands of my own flailing Truths;
The shifting quicksands of my own lies and denials.

In this time, my years of unrelenting middle age,
I look at my youth with no small amount of wonder;
My younger self was no daredevil, nor sage;
And now my life's laid bare to Time's plunder.

And yet, what's done is done - I'll own it all,
We are all servants in His majestic thrall.

#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.

On a Prayer for Serenity

God save us from our own stupidity
Our wanton wrath and monstrous selfishness
Protect us from our own cupidity
And grant us calm serene from all duress.

Tentang Ketemuan

Siapa sangka dari sejuta
Insan yang ada di bumi
Kita harus ketemu jua
Dua jiwa, hati terpatri.

Dari awal engkau ragui
Apa erti hidup bersama
Syak wasangka kita lunturi
Yakin hati berjalin cinta

Apa maksud hidup berliku
Sunyi jiwa terpadam kini
Shair hidup memuji kamu
Redup hati damai abadi.