Cerita tentang hubungan...

Dulu masa kecik-kecik, mak selalu pesan, kita kalau berkawan, jangan terlalu rapat. Sebab bila dah terlalu rapat, sikit hal pun boleh buat kita berpisah. Abah dulu wonder juga, kenapa mak cakap macam itu, tapi bila abah dah makin besar, makin dewasa, dah jumpa banyak jenis orang dan kawan, abah akhirnya faham apa maksud pesanan mak.

Kebetulan pula masa abah hadiri bengkel hari tu, ada penceramah yang berkongsi satu puisi ciptaan Khalil Gibran. Mesej Khalil dan mesej mak hampir sama, cuma Khalil gunakan puisi dan pesanan mak straight forward, tak ada gaya bahasa. Abah cukup suka bila abah baca bait-bait ayat dalam puisi tersebut, indah maksud dari kata-katanya. Dan abah rasa apa yang dinukil bukan setakat panduan untuk sebuah perkahwinan sahaja, malah untuk apa saja jenis perhubungan yang lain, baik persaudaraan, persahabatan dsbnya. Anda baca dan fahamkan apa yang cuba disampaikan.

~Marriage~

You were born together,
and together you shall be
for evermore

You shall be together
when the white wings of death
scatter your days

Aye, you shall be together
even in the silent memory of God

But let there be spaces
in your togetherness
And let the winds of heaven
dance between you

Love one another,
but make not a bond of love

Let it rather be
a moving sea
between the shores
of your souls

Fill each other's cups
but drink not from one cup

Give one another
of your bread
but eat not
from the same loaf

Sing and dance together
and be joyous,
but let each one of you
be alone,

Even as the strings
of a lute are alone
though they quiver
with the same music

Give your hearts,
but not into each other's keeping

For only the hand of Life
can contain your hearts.

And stand together
yet not too near together

For the pillars
of the temple
stand apart,

And the oak tree
and the cypress tree
grow not
in each other's shadow

Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet

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