I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
Don't know why I didn't come
Don't know why I didn't come
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching tear-drops in my hand
But you'll be on my mind forever
I would die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone
But you'll be on my mind forever
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
Don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
Pacarkecilku bangun di subuh hari ketika azan
datang membangunkan mimpi.
Pacarkecilku berlari ke halaman, menadah hujan
dengan botol mainan, menyimpannya di kulkas
sepanjang hari, dan malamnya ia lihat
di botol itu gumpalan cahaya warna-warni.
Pacarkecilku lelap tidurnya, botol pelangi
dalam dekapnya. Ketika bangun ia berkata,
“Tadi kau ke mana? Aku mencarimu di rerimbun
taman bunga.” Aku terdiam. Sepanjang malam
aku hanya berjaga di samping tidurnya
agar dapat melihat bagaimana azan
pelan-pelan membuka matanya.
Pacarkecilku tak akan mengerti: pelangi
dalam botol cintanya bakal berganti
menjadi kuntum-kuntum mawar-melati
yang akan ia taburkan di atas jasadku, nanti.
(2001)
Joko Pinurbo
(Kemayoran, 16 agustus 2002, thinkin bout u. Just a little, and came up without notice)