Romantic Poems

Nothing is tougher
than the raining of June.
It keeps its own little miss
to that flowered tree.

Nothing is wiser
than the raining of June.
It vanishes its own foot traces
which was doubtful along the way.

Nothing is more kind
than the raining of June.
It lets what was untold
absorbed by that flowered tree.

(Free translation of Sapardi Djoko Damono poem titled 'Hujan Bulan Juni')

God can do anything,
also take my life away.
But there is one thing that
God can't do,
erasing your name from my heart...

I want to love you simply
with the words were untold
by the wood to fire that had burnt it to ashes.

I want to love you simply
with the sign were undelivered
by the cloud to the rain that had made it vanished.

(Free translation of Sapardi Djoko Damono poem titled 'Aku Ingin')

Someday
my body wouldn't be here anymore
but in these couplets of this rhyme
I won't let you alone.

Someday
my voice wouldn't be heard anymore
but between these lyrics of this rhyme
I will keep stealing your heart.

Someday
my dreams wouldn't be recognized anymore
but between these letters of this rhyme
I would never be exhausted to find you.

(Free translation of Sapardi Djoko Damono poem titled 'Pada Suatu Hari

Nanti')

My heart is a sheet of leaf
hold on, let me for a while
lay down here;
There is something I still want to stare at,
this pause is ever missed
a while is immortal before you wipe
your friend in each morning...

(Free translation of Sapardi Djoko Damono poem titled 'Hatiku Selembar Daun')

When you can't understand that I miss

you
... anymore.

Too many things that I need to tell

you,
so it makes me say nothing to you.