Pada Waktu-waktunya

Kalaulah gelisah membelah
tenteram dadamu
teguh-teguhkanlah
langkah perkasamu
membenamkan duka
di jalan terbuka.
Kalaulah sepi meningkah
hayat kudratmu
cekal-cekalkanlah
lelah relamu
melemparkan risau
di angin pulau.

Kalaulah hampa mencecah
pinta sentosamu
tenang-tenangkanlah
gementar hatimu
bagai musafir
mengucup takdir.

(Dharmawijaya, 1981)

*I found this beautiful poem when I was browsing through Arbak Othman's discussion on The Innate Structure of Culture In Dharmawijaya’s Poems: A Unified Theory of Description. It has touched me in a way that I cannot describe ...