Perasaan Eksistensial Manusia

Perasaan Eksistensial Manusia

Diakuinya bahwa bahasa Vietnam mengandung sistem tata bahasa yang rumit, mencakup banyak bentuk kata kerja disertai perubahannya sesuai waktu, juga partikel berbeda yang digunakan dalam menyampaikan makna secara tepat. Bahasa ini pun memiliki kata ganti yang melimpah untuk mencerminkan status dan strata sosial. 

Menurutnya lagi, bahasa Vietnam tergolong dalam bahasa nada. Artinya, makna kata bisa bervariasi tergantung nada yang digunakan saat mengucapkannya. Dengan begitu, mestinya menulis puisi menjadi sesuatu hal yang gampang. Terlebih lagi puisi tradisional Vietnam merupakan suatu bentuk seni yang kaya, beragam serta berakar kuat dalam budaya dan telah dipraktikkan selama berabad-abad, diwariskan secara lisan dari generasi ke generasi. Biasanya berfokus pada tema cinta, alam, dan kehidupan keseharian.ย 


Akan tetapi, perempuan penyandang nama Lovebird sebagai nama pena ini berujar, โ€œSaya malah tidak pernah menulis puisi sama sekali sewaktu masih di Vietnam. Entah bagaimana mulanya, saya lalu merasa bisa berekspresi, menumpahkan semua hal yang selama ini tersimpan dalam hati dan kepala, sesampainya saya di sini. Di Canada.โ€

Your Eyes

Feeling like

Looking at your eyes

Feeling like someone i knew

Listening what you keep in mind

Entering a new land with curiosity

Giving the chance of something happening

Letting the winds come and go

And Listening to the nature sings

Letting the sun touches your smiles

And let the snowflakes landing in your nose

But never letting your tear wiped away

And walking alone in your dreams

Asking again and again

Can i be in your closet?

Like the waves in the monsoon

Can i be your umbrella?

Running with you in the late afternoon

You

You said

You are so skeptical

You are confused about

The bread isnโ€™t fluffy

The air isnโ€™t clean

But

You do care

care about you

care about others

And

The door is open

The sun is shining

And

You

You asked yourself

Why i am so fuzzy

ME

YOU

You asked me

why the sky is golden

You asked me

why the clouds are dancing

You asked me

why the trees are sipping

Sipping the sunshine?

You

Came into my life 

On the normal day

With yellow sunset

Seems like early May

I

Look through that door

To just look for you

To look in your eyes

To just wait for you

And,

Close my eyes

Leaves turn back to green

Close my window

Leaves turn back to yellow

And,

Open my eyes

To touch the snow

Open my eyes

To feel the waves

Still

Listen to that song

To see the sunset

To see the light

To see the tears

I asked myself

why you disappeared

I asked myself

who you truly are

ONE DAY

close your eyes

feel your heartbeat

like the waves in early springs

like the rainbow after the summer storms

But

open your eyes

listen to your heartbeat

like the sound of the winds

in the early days of autumn

safe and sound

slow and calm

Poems by Lovebird

Pics by @the_dilettantish_soul

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