Di Muka Jendela

Oleh Goenawan Mohamad


Di sini
cemara pun gugur daun. Dan Kembali
ombak-ombak hancur terbantun.
Di sini
kemarau pun menghembus bumi
menghembus pasir, dingin dan malam hari
ketika kedamaian pun datang memanggil
ketika angin terputus-putus di hatimu menggigil
dan sebuah kata merekah
diucapkan ke ruang yang jauh: datanglah!

Ada sepasang bukit, meruncing merah
dari tanah padang-padang yang tengadah
tanah padang-padang terkukur
di mana tangan-hatimu terulur. Pula
ada menggasing kincir yang sunyi
ketika senja mengerlip, dan di ujung benua
mencecah pelangi:
tidakkah siapa pun lahir kembali di detik begini
ketika bangkit bumi,
sajak bisu abadi,
dalam kristal kata
dalam pesona?

[1961]

Don't Go Far Off, Not Even for A Day

pict by Violet

by Pablo Neruda

Don't go far off, not even for a day, because --
because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long
and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep.

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together,
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.

Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach;
may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance.
Don't leave me for a second, my dearest,

because in that moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking,
Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying?