[Poem]: I Stopped the Rain

[_pratz_]

Today's rain is the first rain in this humid, South East-Asian weather. To celebrate the blessing, here is one my favorite rain-themed poems, written by Sapardi Djoko Damono, a living legend and one of the best Indonesian poets if not the best himself.

I Stopped the Rain

(Sapardi Djoko Damono, transl. by John H McGlynn)

I stopped the rain. Now the sun
in longing for me, slowly lifts the morning mist -
something beats
inside myself:
                          piercing the wet earth;
a longing made pregnant by rain
and sunlight

I could not stop the sun
from forcing me to create flowers.

Kuhentikan Hujan

Kuhentikan hujan. Kini matahari
merindukanku, mengangkat kabut pagi perlahan -
ada yang berdenyut
dalam diriku:
                        menembus tanah basah,
dendam yang dihamilkan hujan
dan cahaya matahari

Tak bisa kutolak matahari
memaksaku menciptakan bunga-bunga.