CERITA-CERITA TEMBOK
1989-Stirling
Sewaktu duduk-duduk di Perpustakaan Mac Roberts
Pasha menerima panggilan dari Prague
Masih ku ingat kata Vaclav
‘Cepat datang ke sini kita akan ke Berlin
Seumur hidup mu kau tak kan menyesal
Melihat cinta merobohkan tembok kebencian
Kemanusiaan telah mengalahkan kereta kebal dan peluru berpandu!
2013- Kampala
Mira Nair bercakap dari sukma nya seperti biasa
‘Terima kasih atas jemputan dan penghormatan
Tapi maaf aku tak akan ke Haifa
Selagi tembok hodoh itu masih tegak berdiri’
Lalu ku bisikkan kepada mu
Bagaimana aku bisa melawat mu di hospital nanti?
kerna ada ayat pendek di passport ku
melarang aku ke negeri mu?
Sewaktu menonton kelip video di Al Jazerra
Si pengantin baru Najwa menangis terisak-isak
waktu meninggalkan Ramallah
Kerna mengikut suaminya Tariq ke Tebing Barat
sebak ku dalam diam
Mengingat Najwa tidak boleh
balik ke kampungnya sampai bila-bila
semalaman aku tak melelapkan mata
memikirkan pahit-manis cinta Najwa dan Tariq
yang semakin dekat dengan ku rupanya!
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THE STORIES OF WALLS
1989 – Stirling
Sitting around with talks in hushed voices
In Mac Robert Library
Pasha received call from Prague
I could still remember Vaclav’s words
‘Come here quickly
We will go to Berlin
For the rest of your life
You will never regret it
Watching love demolishing wall of hatred
Humanity had defeated tanks and missiles!’
2013 – Kampala
Mira Nair spoke from her heart as usual
‘Thank you for the invitation and the honour
But sorry I wont go to Haifa
As long as that ugly wall stands’
Then I whispered to you
How am I going to visit you in hospital?
Because there is a little sentence in my passport
That says I cant go to your country?
Sometimes ago
Watching video clip on Al-Jazerra
Najwa the beautiful young bride
Was sobbing uncontrollably
Leaving Ramallah
As she was following Tariq her husband To West Bank
my silent tears celebrated their marriage
thinking about Najwa who cant go back to her village forever
The whole night I couldn’t sleep
remembering Najwa and Tariq’s sweet- sad love union
becoming close to me.
KL – 11th Feb. 2 015
