I was stopped by a sociology student this morning on my way to law school(what are they doing in ‘our’ territory hah?).He asked me to fill in some stupid questionaires(a first year student, i can smell anxiety in the air).
Question no 23. What is/are your favourite thing(s)?
It stopped me. After 22 years of breathing cant i actually point out certain things that i consider to be my favourite things and disregard others(remind me of the song from the ’sound of music’ where Julie Andrews seemed to love everything in that movie..greedy bitch!).After more than 12 hours i came down with 4 things.
1. floating feathers
2.a silver covertable Porche Carrera GT
3.Marriage of Heaven and Hell-Blake
4.And this poem..got it from some movie it think(i found it in my collection after hours of browsing !) anyone know who wrote this?,,,but anyway this is a direct translation of it since its in malay…sorry for my mistranslation..coz its not easy ok?..haha.This no Blake neither Frost, the tone is sad and the words are powerful.One more thing this is a direct translation not an interpretation.
Ku lari ke hutan kemudian menyanyiku,.
Ku lari ke pantai kemudian teriakku
Sepi..sepi dan sendiri aku benci
Ingin bingar aku mau di pasar..
Bosan aku dengan penat
Enyah saja kau pekat
Seperti berjelaga jika ku sendiri
i ran to the forest and there i sang
i ran to the beach and there i screamed,
lonely..lonely, how i hate this loneliness,
i miss the noise of the crowd
go away darkness
I am sick and tired
it is so dark when i am alone
Pecahkan saja gelasnya biar ramai
Biar mengaduh sampai gaduh
Ada malaikat menyulam jaring labah-labah belang di tembok keraton putih
Kenapa tidak kau goyangkan saja locengnya biar terdera
Atau aku harus lari ke hutan
Belok ke pantai..?
Why dont you break the glass so everyone can hear,
lets argue till we fight,
somewhere, there is an angel weaving the web of of a striped spider on the wall of the white temple,
why didnt you struck the bell and create commotion?
or should i run to the forest
and turn to the beach?
Bosan aku dengan penat
Dan enyah saja kau pekat
Seperti berjelaga jika ku sendiri
Im sick and tired,
go away darkness
it is so dark when i am alone.
look at the words…it still amazed me as i read through it again..