sahabatku bilang namanya james watt
tukang bengkel negeri dingin berhujan di eropa

katanya ada kesalahan di mesin uap ini
yang dibuatnya dahulu
telah menimbulkan revolusi besar
membuat manusia mendewakan mesin
dan menyepelekan alam sekitar
sehingga alam menjadi murka
dan menjadi musuh besar manusia

kini ingin dibalikkannya mesin uap itu
agar alam kembali seperti dulu
menjadi sahabat sejati manusia

hari ini kutinggalkan sepeda motor honda ku
pulang dengan sepeda gayung pinjaman temanku

(nyoman yudhanegara, kyoto 26.10.2007)


( ENGLISH TRANSLATION )

(just an imagination)
visited a friend of mine today
who had an old factory in the village
i saw a strange foreigner
with oil stained sweaty hands and face
was working on some old machineries

he was taking them apart
then putting them back together again
my friend said his name was james watt
from some cold and rainy kingdom in europe

said there were some mistakes
in this old steam engine
which he made a long time ago
that led to a huge revolution
that had turned the machines into some kind of god
so that human took nature for granted
which led to nature's wrath
so that nature had become human's worst enemy

now he was trying to turn
the steam engine back around
so that nature would be back
as it used to be
as human's forever best friend

i left my honda bike there today
and went home riding my friend's bicycle

(nyoman yudhanegara, kyoto 26.10.2007)