SAJAK ORANG KEPANASAN
W.S. RENDRA
Karena kami makan akar dan terigu
menumpuk di gudangmu…..
Karena kami hidup berhimpitan
dan ruangmu berlebihan……………..
maka kita bukan sekutu.
Karena kami kucel dan kamu gemerlapan….
Karena kami sumpek dan kamu
mengunci pintu……
maka kami mencurigaimu.
Karena kami terlantar di jalan
dan kamu memiliki semua keteduhan……
Karena kami kebanjiran dan kamu
berpesta di kapal pesiar….
maka kami tidak menyukaimu.
Karena kami dibungkam dan kamu
nrocos bicara…
Karena kami diancam dan kamu
memaksakan kekuasaan….
maka kami bilang TIDAK kepadamu.
Karena kami tidak boleh memilih
dan kamu bebas berencana….
Karena kami cuma bersandal dan
kamu bebas memakai senapan…
Karena kami harus sopan dan
kamu punya penjara…
maka TIDAK dan TIDAK kepadamu.
Karena kami arus kali dan kamu
batu tanpa hati
maka air akan mengikis batu.
HEATED PEOPLE POETRY
(English version from free translation
by myself)
Since we ate root and flour accumulated
in your barn...
Since we lived crowdly and your
space excessively......
hence we were not ally.
Since we were crumpled
and you are glamorous...
Since we were crowded and you
locked the door...
hence we suspected to you.
Since we abandoned on the
street and you had all of shelters.......
Since we were flooded and you
had a party on yachts......
hence we didn't like you.
Since we were banned and you
spoke continously......
Since we were threatened and
you forced the power....
hence we said NO to you.
Since we were not allowed to
choose and you were free to plan....
Since we just wore sandals and
you were free to use guns....
Since we must polite and
you had prisons...
hence NO and NO to you.
Since we were river current and
you were rocks without heart...
hence water will erode the rocks.
Courtesy W.S.Rendra