Poem - Your Full Moon City

Your Full Moon City
For : Md Ejaj Ahamed
Written by Edy Samudra Kertagama

"Come to my city decorated with lights", and count
how many memories you can record, even though
all the prayers have already reached to caress it
among the winds, which are often embraced by the night.

Once, you asked me to write about, "when can we
go on an excursion to the flower gardens so that
later everything can become a poem that blooms and smells of the past.

Oh, the full moon city, always in the same place
and it often waits with a little song of longing,
which we often encounter in spring.

For that, wait at the gate of your city, because
soon I will come, even though it's just a poem
I wrote in the middle of this holy night.

Lampung-Indonesia, 2024
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Kotamu Yang Purnama
Untuk : Md Ejay Ahamed
Karya : Edy Samudra Kertagama

"Mari datang ke kotaku yang dihiasi lampu-lampu",
dan hitung berapa jumlah kenangan yang bisa kau
catat, meski segala doa telah dulu sampai untuk membelainya di antara angin, yang kerap dipeluk
oleh malam.

Pernah suatu kali, engkau menyuruhku menulis
tentang, "kapan kita bisa bertamasya ke
kebun-kebun bunga agar nanti segalanya dapat
jadi sajak yang mekar dan beraroma masa lalu.

Oh, kota yang purnama, selalu ada di tempat yang
sama dan ia sering menunggu bersama sekelumit
nyanyian rindu, yang kerap kita temui di
musim-musim semi.

Untuk itu, tunggulah di gerbang kotamu, karena
sebentar lagi aku akan datang, walau itu hanya
sebuah syair yang kutulis
di tengah malam yang kudus ini.

Lampung-Indonesia, 2024