AYLAN TIDAK BERMIMPI SYURGA

(tapi Tuhan menjemputnya ke sana)

i.  Ketika meninggalkan tebing Latakia 
yang sedang gerimis darah
Aylan tidak bermimpi syurga
kerana kata ibu: kita mahu mencari
pantai luas berpasir putih.

Ketika perahu kecil mula diolak ombak
Aylan masih belum bermimpi syurga
kerana kata ibu: kita akan berenang berdua
ke padang puspa yang makin dekat.

Begitu ibu mendodoi cerita dongeng
kerana Aylan tidak akan mengerti
tentang kebenaran maha pahit
prejudis sesama manusia.

ii.  Jangan menangis untuk Aylan
kerana dia sudah dijemput Tuhan
ke taman firdausi yang lebih indah
di negeri cinta.

Simpan air matamu untuk petualang
yang mencipta neraka dunia
dengan api sengketa
yang membakar bumi dan laut.

Kerana kematian mereka kelak
lebih layak dikasihani
bukan dikasihi.

September 2015
Bangi

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.
.
Aylan Never Dreamt of Heaven
(but God invited him there)

i.  When leaving Latakia bank
where it rained blood
Aylan never dreamt of heaven
because Mommy said: we are looking
for a wide beach with white sand

As the small boat rocked by the waves
Aylan still had not dreamt of heaven
because Mommy said: we shall swim together
to a beautiful field that's approaching nearer

Oh how Mommy sang that lullaby
as Aylan would not understand
the very bitter truth of
prejudism of mankind

ii.  Do not cry for Aylan
because he had already been invited
to the more beautiful garden of Firdausi
in the Land of Love

Save your tears for those savages
who invented hell on earth
with fiery war
which burns land and sea

Because their death soon
deserve no compasion
but only pity.

Translated by Rodie Mohd Zain (Thank you!)
:

 — traveling to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia with Nurul Omar from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.