Penulis: Sanja Atanasovska is a Macedonian journalist and poet
Sanja Atanasovska is a Macedonian journalist and poet submitted her poetry to Majalah Sunday, “Storm”
I discovered you in the enmity
of two nations
and I said you were a hero,
when I saw you swimming
in a single drop of rain,
with a smile as wide as a ship.
Don’t turn into a piece of glass
among sugar cubes.
There is a storm
between your time and mine.
Aku mengenalmu di tengah pertikaian yang membelah negeri ini.
Maka kusebut dirimu pahlawan,
saat kusaksikan kau berenang lincah di dalam setetes air hujan,
dengan senyum yang terbentang selebar cakrawala.
Kumohon,
janganlah menjelma serpihan kaca di antara tumpukan gula.
Sebab ada badai dahsyat
yang membentang antara zamanmu dan zamanku.
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