The Muse
The Muse
Reach me:
Rite Of Passage
Famous Last Words
The Extended
Famous Last Words
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye
was a mistake too great to hide
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Bilakah Damai
Mentari menangis di senja memerah
Bumi anbia menjadi padang jarak
Puing-puing runtuhan berserakan
Asap senjata dan hanyir darah menyesak dada
Tubuh-tubuh layu gugur bergelimpangan
Bertindih dalam kubur tanpa bernisan
Di hujung sana ramai yang kelaparan
Di dera wabak yang menyiksakan
Anak kecil bertanya bimbang
Wajahnya mencerminkan kedukaan
Mengapa lena ibu terlalu panjang?
Bilakah pula ayah akan pulang?
Dia yang tak mengerti apa
Menjadi mangsa pembantaian
Suara tangis menjadi syair sendu
Menyayat dan menyiat perasaan
Bilakan berhenti kekejaman?
Bilakan terhapus penindasan?
Kemana hilangnya kemanusiaan?
Bilakan damai akan menjelang?
Entah bila akan pulih keharmonian?
Sampai bila bersilih penderitaan?
Bila pula akan muncul ketenangan?
Soalan yang masih tiada jawapan
to the man who had lost everything, yet he fought on, attacking the soldiers with whatever he had at hand, be it rocks or otherwise.
For we had always been wrong.
They hadn't lost everything.
They still had their faith burning strong within them
Look into each of their eyes and you will see a shine, a sliver of hope within all the anguish and darkness
A ray of hope brought forth by their strength in faith
For decades they have been in turmoil
For decades thousands have fallen
But yet, as God Wills it
the vanguard have yet to fall
One day, it'll be over
One day, when the time comes
InsyaAllah I will join you, my bretheren in answering the call
They do not want nor need your pity
What they need is your prayers
Going on with your life normally and only thinking about them when you heard the news or something is not enough
Remind yourselves.
They are fighting OUR WAR
The vanguard is faltering
But InsyaAllah
It will not fall.
NEVER FORGET
PALESTINE
If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.
-[Yunus 17:7]
Mentari menangis di senja memerah
Bumi anbia menjadi padang jarak
Puing-puing runtuhan berserakan
Asap senjata dan hanyir darah menyesak dada
Tubuh-tubuh layu gugur bergelimpangan
Bertindih dalam kubur tanpa bernisan
Di hujung sana ramai yang kelaparan
Di dera wabak yang menyiksakan
Anak kecil bertanya bimbang
Wajahnya mencerminkan kedukaan
Mengapa lena ibu terlalu panjang?
Bilakah pula ayah akan pulang?
Dia yang tak mengerti apa
Menjadi mangsa pembantaian
Suara tangis menjadi syair sendu
Menyayat dan menyiat perasaan
Bilakan berhenti kekejaman?
Bilakan terhapus penindasan?
Kemana hilangnya kemanusiaan?
Bilakan damai akan menjelang?
Entah bila akan pulih keharmonian?
Sampai bila bersilih penderitaan?
Bila pula akan muncul ketenangan?
Soalan yang masih tiada jawapan
How would you feel...
to wake up every morning worrying if your family is still intact?
How would you react
to see your own brother or sister lying dead in front of you, another victim of a cold-blooded murder
What would you do
as you watch a father cradling the lifeless body of his child, his own face a mixture of anguish and hatred
What can you say
to the man who picked up the the pieces of rocks and attempted to throw it at the opposition soldiers, knowing that their retaliation will mean the end of him
to the man who had lost everything, yet he fought on, attacking the soldiers with whatever he had at hand, be it rocks or otherwise.
For we had always been wrong.
They hadn't lost everything.
They still had their faith burning strong within them
Look into each of their eyes and you will see a shine, a sliver of hope within all the anguish and darkness
A ray of hope brought forth by their strength in faith
For decades they have been in turmoil
For decades thousands have fallen
But yet, as God Wills it
the vanguard have yet to fall
One day, it'll be over
One day, when the time comes
InsyaAllah I will join you, my bretheren in answering the call
They do not want nor need your pity
What they need is your prayers
Going on with your life normally and only thinking about them when you heard the news or something is not enough
Remind yourselves.
They are fighting OUR WAR
The vanguard is faltering
But InsyaAllah
It will not fall.
NEVER FORGETPALESTINE
If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.
-[Yunus 17:7]