ALL THINGS WILL DIE another poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (Menepati janji saya pada posting yang lalu)

Seperti saya katakan sebelumnya di postingan saya terdahulu dalam puisi Alfred Lord Tennyson yang berjudul "NOTHING WILL DIE" maka kali ini judul puisi beliau adalah "ALL THINGS WILL DIE". Kontradiksi bukan? Namun keduanya sah-sah saja dilihat dari sisi mana kita memandangnya. Bahwa "Tidak ada yang akan mati" atau "Semuanya akan mati" apalagi ini dunia seni sastra yang bahasa nya penuh dengan kiasan. Baiklah teman ini puisinya :

ALL THINGS WILL DIE

Clearly the blue river chimes in its following

Under my eye;

Warmly and broadly the south winds are blowing

Over the skiy

One after another the white cloud are fleeting;

Every heart this may morning in joyance is beating

Full merrily;

Yet all things must die,

The stream will cease to flow;

The wind will cease to blow;
The clouds will cease to fleet;
The heart will cease to beat;
For all things must die,

All things must dye,
Spring will come never more,

Oh! vanity!

Death waits at the door,

See! our friends are all forsaking

The wind and the merry-making,

We are called--we must go,

Laid low, very low,

In the dark we must lie'

The merry glees are still;

The voice of the bird

Shall no more be heard,

No the wind on the hill'

Oh! misery!

Hark! death is calling

While I speak to ye,

The jaw is falling,

the red cheek paling,

The strong limbs failing;

Ice with the warm blood mixing;

The eyeballs fixing,

Nine times goes the passing bell;

Ye merry soul, farewell,

The old earth

Had a birth,

As all men know,

Long ago,

And the old earth must dye,

So let the warm wind range,

And the blue wave beat the shore;

For even and morn

Ye will never see

Through eternity,

All things were born,

Ye will come never more,

For all things must dye

Nah kali ini saya benar-benar merinding, jadi mengingat kematian yang bisa datang kapan saja dengan cara apa saja, dan dimana saja..coba lihat pada bagian "DEATH WAITS AT THE DOOR"..ihhh seram, belum siap..masih banyak dosa..