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MANDALAWANGI - PANGRANGO

*Thanks lots lots to Cath who gave me this link which allow me to copy and paste this very nice piece by Gie. You can just sense his soul inside his writing, as clear and as braod as the morning sky.

MANDALAWANGI - PANGRANGO
Soe Hok Gie

Senja ini, ketika matahari turun kedalam jurang2mu
aku datang kembali
kedalam ribaanmu, dalam sepimu dan dalam dinginmu

walaupun setiap orang berbicara tentang manfaat dan guna
aku bicara padamu tentang cinta dan keindahan
dan aku terima kau dalam keberadaanmu
seperti kau terima daku

aku cinta padamu, Pangrango yang dingin dan sepi
sungaimu adalah nyanyian keabadian tentang tiada
hutanmu adalah misteri segala
cintamu dan cintaku adalah kebisuan semesta

malam itu ketika dingin dan kebisuan menyelimuti Mandalawangi Kau
datang kembali
Dan bicara padaku tentang kehampaan semua

"hidup adalah soal keberanian, menghadapi yang tanda tanya "tanpa
kita mengerti, tanpa kita bisa menawar
'terimalah dan hadapilah

dan antara ransel2 kosong dan api unggun yang membara
aku terima ini semua
melampaui batas2 hutanmu, melampaui batas2 jurangmu

aku cinta padamu Pangrango
karena aku cinta pada keberanian hidup

Jakarta 19-7-1966

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