Suppose, this is as far as I could go:
A golden cage enroofed in solid glass
Must I persist to try and overthrow
This bar of fate that says “Thou shalt not pass”?
Or stoop now to accept His high decree
That each of Man shall have his set degree...
#768 On Grandiose Meetings
In conference rooms with faux-wood tables we
Enact a pageantry banal and false
In suits and ties, with speeches grand and twee
And cliches formed from flawed inchoate thoughts
Imagine: lives devoted to this game
Existence frittered on such prancings - lame!
#761 Tentang Keinsafan Menyemak Sejarah Abbasiyah
Semaklah lembaran sejarah lampau
Betapa empayar besar dan gagah
Akhirnya tumpas tertewas jua
Maka siapa kau dan aku
Untuk bermegah berangkuhbongkak?
Berapa lama masa yang kita ada
Di tonggak yang tidak setinggi mana
Sebelum kita jua harus tunduk akur
Pada ukuran masa yang telah diberikan-Nya?
#759 Tentang Samudera Luas
Dihadapanmu terbentang samudera luas
Memanggil gerun meskipun langit cerah
Gemuruh ombak itu membentak menggeruh
Mendesak agar kau membuat keputusan:
Berani merenangi lautan garang
Atau mengaku tewas sebelum sempat berjuang.
#740 On The Burying Prize
What will you do when
The prize you sought for so long
Seeks to bury you?
#739 On This Leaden Crown
These thoughts weigh heavy
Like a leaden crown on thorns.
A most caustic prize.
#738 On Being Overmatched (No Country for Old Men)
“I feel overmatched,”
He said with resignation.
His world was all dust.
#736 Tentang Bertekunan Dalam Pasukan
Tekun kerja dalam pasukan
Cergas cermat membina mimpi
Tanpa lelah bergotong sakan
Demi satu cita dihati.
#734 On Courage At Work
With downcast eyes averting from the ask
They seek to abdicate the given role
So highly paid, yet keen to shirk the task
They run with wolves but seek to play the mole
The life well lived: with hearts right on the line
The courage to persist is nigh divine!
#733 Tentang Silat Persidangan
Meja bulat berlapis lapis
Pentas tempat bersilat minda
Buah fikir berjenis jenis
Siapa menang siapa tertunda?