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Maafkan aku,
bila aku adalah air mata yang jatuh dari pelupuk mata mu
akulah kepedihan yang mendera.

Maafkan aku,
bila aku adalah debu halus yang terhirup olehmu, melekat pada paruparu mu
akulah yang membuatmu sesak tak bernafas...

Maafkan aku,
bila aku adalah bayangbayang kemarin yang muncul ketika pikirmu melayang
akulah peracau pikiramnu

Maafkan aku,
bila aku adalah sosok pedih yang hadir dan selalu kau lekati dengan hatimu
akulah penyandera jiwamu

Aku mencintaimu, terlalu mencintaimu, lelah mencintaimu....
aku adalah air, udara, bayangan, tanah...
adalah api
aku ada sebagai segalanya, baik kau mau atau tidak.

nyanyian pantai - cover book

This is my  first cover book project for one of my talented friends, Eref Leo. When he asked me to made this special project, I was very excited. Actually it was more a combinations between very excited and very confused since He gave me a total freedom to make it. So then, for a source of inspiration, I made a concept from one of his poems, which at the end was written in the cover. Can you see it clearly from the image? It was written in Bahasa Indonesia and he didn't make the English version. But if I have an honour to translate it, maybe that will goes like this (forgive me for my poor English, Mas):

Loving you,

as if the ocean's movement

never stop, not know worry

in my surge lays your soul

at the bottom of my soul far beyond my spirit's niche

one name has graven

i want to be with you

always

consume our love with no interlude!

Well, as you can see below, the author has just shown up and kindly give enlightment to the translation, so here is the proper one:

 

Ocean Without A Pause 

loving thou 

just like the move of ocean blue 

tired does not know can never stop 

adhere your soul in my ardour 

far in the recesses deep in my soul 

there only one name asleep and fold 

i just want to be with you

a think that always thou

drank our love like a pair of dove

along the ocean without a pause

This poem was dedicated to his beloved wife, who has been together with him for 16 years. Wow! such a man! I believe whoever get this kind of treatment couldn't help to feel flattered. So if you like this poem, you can take a peek at nyanyian-pantai. And once you fall in love with the glimpse,buy it!

viva la poésie!

dan masih saja kudapati
dindingdinding beku yang berdarah
ketika sekatsekat memori tentang mu tersingkap
padahal sudah setahun berlalu

setiap kali, masih saja terasa
serpihanserpihan luka yang pecah.
dan setiap kali juga ketika ia menguap
yang tertinggal adalah pedih

mengengenalmu namun ternyata tak mengenal
melupakanmu namun ternyata selalu mengingat
pergi darimu namun ternyata jarak hanya sedepa
membencimu namun ternyata terlalu mencinta

aku terlalu jauh, katamu aku pergi
tetapi aku terlalu lekat, sampai kau tak melihat


*after all this time... I still love you evenmore...