Video dan Puisi, "Jakarta de Poeisi"

Djakarta | Opa Jappy 

Jakarta, tak sekedar nama, tempat, dan kota.
Jakarta adalah miniatur Indonesia.
Di sana ada gemerlapan, kesenangan, kebanggaan.
Di sana juga ada orang-orang penuh airmata kesedihan, penderitaan, penindasan, dan terlupakan.

Jakarta semakin melompat jauh; meninggalkan kepingan-kepingan lainnya.
Gedung-gedung pencakar langit menantang awan dengan angkuh
Tapi di bawah kakinya, kardus-kardus serta kayu-kayu bekas pembungkus properti jadi ruang perteduhan,
Melindungi diri dari debu, panas, hujan, dan kedinginan malam.

Dari dalam perlindungan itu, terselip doa-doa harapan tanpa lelah; walau mungkin tak didengar Tuhan, karena Ia terlalu sibuk mendengar jeritan yang lain.

Tapi ....

Mereka tak kehilangan pengharapan.
Mereka tetap ada di gang perjuangan.
Mereka setia menatap ke Atas agar turun pakaian keadilan dan selimut perbaikan.

Adakah telinga di sana, yang mendengar.
Adakah telinga di sini, yang mendengar.

They have not lost hope.
They remain in the alleys of struggle.
They faithfully gaze Upward, waiting for the robes of justice and the blankets of restoration to descend.

Is there an ear out there, listening?
Is there an ear in here, listening?

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Jakarta is not just a name, a place, or a city.
Jakarta is a miniature of Indonesia.
There, brilliance, pleasure, and pride reside.
There, too, are people filled with tears of sorrow, suffering, oppression, and the forgotten.

Jakarta leaps further and further away; leaving other fragments behind.
Skyscrapers defiantly challenge the clouds with arrogance.
But beneath their feet, cardboard boxes and scrap wood from property packaging become shelters,
Protecting souls from dust, heat, rain, and the cold of the night.

From within those shelters, prayers of tireless hope are whispered;
Though perhaps unheard by God, for He is too busy listening to other screams.

But ....

They have not lost hope.
They remain in the alleys of struggle.
They faithfully gaze Upward, waiting for the robes of justice and the blankets of restoration to descend.

Is there an ear out there, listening?
Is there an ear in here, listening?

By Opa Jappy

Djakarta, Pemegang Hak Cipta (Vocal, Musik, Video, Lyrics) Opa Jappy, WA +62 81 81 26 858