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!
On Fish Curry
Thick gravy on rice
Simmers like a languid dream.
I swim in delight.
On Record
I write this to you
An unnameable and unknown you
From across these miles
These years
These centuries
As a record
of my erstwhile existence.