(cuma khayalan)
di persimpangan jalan
depan pasar swalayan
seorang anak pengemis bertanya
kepada seorang tua yang juga pengemis
mengapa hidup ini pahit dan suram
orang tua pengemis menjawab
karena begitulah jalan kehidupanmu
dan kehidupan adalah persimpangan
dan di saat lain
kehidupan berjalan ke arah lain


anak pengemis tak bertanya lagi
diam menatap persimpangan di depannya

(nyoman yudhanegara, kyoto 20.10.2007)


(ENGLISH TRANSLATION)

(just an imagination)
at a junction in front of a supermall
a beggar child asked an old man who was also a beggar
why life was so dark and sad
the old beggar answered
because it was the way his life was going
and life was a junction
and once in a while
it would go the other way
the child said nothing
quietly stared at the junction in front of him

(nyoman yudhanegara, kyoto 20.10.2007)