Sekuel XV Kumpulan Puisi "From Wheat to Bread"
PLOUGH AND SICKLE
In the Golden field one
grain of wheat
Outraged with its sense of defeat
Cried out at the top of his voice
"Plough and sickle were not my choice!
I neither brought life, nor am the killer;
Who was the tiller? Who the miller?"
- JALALUDDIN RUMI, on "From Wheat to Bread".
BAJAK DAN SABIT
Di suatu padang subur satu butir gandum
Dibuat marah karena perasaan kalahnya
Menjerit sekeras-kerasnya
"Bajak dan sabit bukanlah
pilihanku!
Tidaklah aku melahirkan kehidupan, bukan
pula pembunuh;
Siapa pembajak dulu itu? Siapa tukang
giling itu?"
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