NOSTALGIA : KAU BERJALAN KALI INI

KAU BERJALAN KALI INI

kau berjalan kali ini
di atas kuntum duri
mimpi terasa cuka
di bawah langit kemarau
kau kehilangan burung
di tingkap siang

kau telah letih
dan duduk menatap langit jauh
mengharap pohon hujan di ufuk
datanglah bening ke rumah malammu
kau dididik bersama kesabaran
untuk menyalakan lantera
ke ubun-ubun hidup.

Pasir Mas, 1986. - DARMA MOHAMMAD

[Sajak di atas tersiar dalam majalah DEWAN SASTERA edisi APRIL 1986]

GLIMPSE : CULTURE-CREATIVITY-AESTHETIC

"As culture is defined by the elements derived from the moral principle, it is also defined by beauty. If culture is basically an "atmosphere", it is clear that the element of beauty plays a major role in that atmosphere. Creativity is inextricably linked to aesthetic sensibility. In fact, the ability of individuals to affect their environment is also connected with some aesthetic considerations. It is well known in the field of trade and industry that "a poor commodity does not sell".

- MALIK BENNABI
(Ref : The Question Of Culture (2003), Malik Bennabi, Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, p.78)

Postscript :
Malik Bennabi (1905-1973) was a scholar and thinker from Algeria. Educated in Algiers and Paris, he graduated in electrical engineering from a polytechnic school in Paris. He has written many books on Islam and Culture.

NOSLTALGIA : PUJANGGA (1)

Hakikatnya : Kita berada di siang bolong. Bumi tergohong seperti langit tergohong. Yang miliki mata : pandang. Yang miliki telinga : dengar. Yang miliki lidah : sepatutnya berkata-kata - tetapi lebih memilih untuk diam; melainkan sang pujangga.
Malangnya suara pujangga sudah dibungkam seakan lidahnya telah dipotong. Kata sinis seorang teman : "Kekeh-kekeh keldai jauh lebih dipedulikan orang daripada pesan-pesan sang pujangga."

[ Sajak di atas adalah petikan majalah MASTIKA, keluaran Disember 1982.]

GLIMPSE : The Apology Of Socrates

.....
You too, gentlemen of the jury, must look forward to death with confidence, and fix your minds on this one belief, which is certain; that nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death, and his fortunes are not a matter of indifference to the gods....I am quite clear that the time had come when it was better for me to die and be released from my distractions.
.....
Now it is time that we were going, I to die and you to live, but which of us has the happier prospect is unknown to anyone but God.
(Socrates)

Postscript :
Meletus, Anytus and Lycon had brought a public action against Socrates as being a menace to society (Socrates has corrupted the mind of the young).
The verdit is "Guilty", and Meletus proposes for the death- penalty.
The jury decides for the death-penalty.
(Ref : "The Last Days of Socrates" by Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, Penguin Books, Reprinted 1971. 200 pp.)

NOSTALGIA : Di Rumah Rasulullah

Kesan ziarah ke makam Rasul seakan abadi. Bagi saya ia tak sama dengan kesan-kesan ziarah di tempat lain. Di bawah ini saya catatkan kembali kesan ziarah kali pertama saya di makam Rasulullah 1984 (yang saya ulang lagi pada tahun 1992).

DI RUMAH RASULULLAH

Setelah melafazkan salam
dengan bau cinta
aku seakan menangis di rumahmu ini.
Aku terlalu dekat denganmu
berdiri di balik jidar ini.
Sejahteralah engkau di makam terpuji.
Setelah kembara begitu jauh
tak terasa lelah olehku
untuk sampai ke rumahmu.
Berdiri aku dengan kalbu luluh
air mataku luruh.
Ziarahku
ziarah cinta.
Aku tak mau pergi
dari tempat aku berdiri
di balik jidar ini.

Madinah 1984. - DARMA MOHAMMAD

[Sajak di atas saya muatkan pertama kalinya dalam antologi perseorangan saya yang pertama GERNYUT NAFAS, terbitan PENYAIR (Angkatan Penyajak Mutakhir Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, 1989.]