Until

Sting - Until (From The Movie "Kate & Leopold")



Lirik:

If I caught the world in a bottle
And everything was still beneath the moon
Without your love would it shine for me?
If I was smart as Aristotle
And understood the rings around the moon
What would it all matter if you loved me?

Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing would I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end

If I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon so we could ride
Until the stars grew dim, Until...

One day you'll meet a stranger
And all the noise is silenced in the room
You'll feel that you're close to some mystery
In the moonlight and everything shatters
You feel as if you've known her all your life
The world's oldest lesson in history

Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing do I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end

Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon and we would ride
Until the stars grew dim
Until the time that time stands still, Until...

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Desert Rose

Sting featuring Cheb Mami - Desert Rose.

Diambil dari album Sting Brand New Day, keluaran September, 1999. Menampilkan vokalis Aljazair Cheb Mami.



Lirik:

Layli ya layli ya (Oh night oh night)
Hadi muda tweela (It's been too long)
Wana nh'awis ana wa'la ghzalti (That I've been looking for my loved one)
Wana nh'awis ana wa'la ghzalti (That I've been looking for my loved one)
Wana nh'awis ana wa'la ghzali (That I've been looking for my loved one)

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
I dream of fire

Those dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire

This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing's as it seems
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love

Aman aman aman (Peace peace)

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

Omri feek entiya (You have my life)
Ma gheer entiya (No one other than you)
Ma gheer entiya (No one other than you)

Sweet desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower
This rare perfume, is the sweet intoxication of the fall

Ya lili ah ya leel (My night, oh night).....

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'Round Midnight

Andy Summers featuring Sting - 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)

Dari album Andy Summers Green Chimneys; The Music of Thelonious Monk, keluaran Mei 1999. Menampilkan Peter Erskine pada drums, Dave Carpenter pada bass, dan Sting pada vokal.



Lirik:

it begins to tell 'round midnight/sometimes 'round midnight
i do pretty well 'till after sundown
supper time i feelin' sad/blue
but it really get back 'round midnight
but I really missed you 'round midnight

and it always start 'round midnight 'round midnight
haven't stop the heart to stand old memories/ I have yet to learn to stop these memories
when my heart is still with you
and all midnight knows it's true

does it mean our love is ending
when some quarrell we have needed mending
darling i need you lately i find
you're out my eyes and out of my mind

when our love take wings some midnight 'round midnight
let the angels sing of your returning
let our love be sad and sound
when old midnight comes around

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Puisi 005 | Awal Dari Akhir Sebuah Keyakinan

kala itu
arus sungai bebatuan mengetatkan pegangan
teramat sedikit memberi pilihan
kelebat ranting yang menjulur memompa kehati-hatian
serentak menunda segala pertimbangan
gelap pekat lebatnya dedaunan
menyesakkan pengap terbitnya harapan

......

kali ini
jalan cadas bebatuan menyentakkan pegangan
tak mungkin memusatkan perhatian
lebat pepohonan menghalangi pandangan
sedikit menyisakan bekal keadaan
gelap pekatnya awan meniadakan bayangan
menambah suasana temaram semakin kelam

walau ...
pada keduanya
aroma rerumputan tercium menyegarkan
menyentuh palung terdalam kesadaran
cericit bisik serangga menyuarakan alam
mengingatkan diri akan ketidak sendirian
semerbak rindu tanah kala pertama disapu hujan
memastikan siklus kehidupan yang pasti berulang

namun ...
roda perjalanan terasa begitu membosankan
melantur dari jalur tanpa kesan tanpa hiasan
alur-ulir urutan tak tentu arah tujuan
seakan meniti lingkaran labirin malam
seberat penat menyeret kaki berjalan
tak jua temukan damai pemberhentian
kalau pun ada janji oase di kejauhan
sekedar cuplikan sebuah sinetron malam

inikah kehidupan ...?

sekedar peran
dari sang sutradara malam ...?
peran figuran
dari sebuah alur cerita murahan ...?

ataukah ...

sekedar bidak permainan
dari Sang Pencipta Alam ... ?

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27/8/00 ; 01:40 di burung gereja

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Puisi 004 | Titik Nadir

lahir. titik awal dari kehidupan
sebentuk tubuh mungil bergeliat
refleksi ruh suci menyusup jasad
tanpa sejarah tak berriwayat
putih, bersih dari noda dan noktah


handai sahaya menjulurkan tangan
sekedar menyentuh mengalirkan minat
akan kekuasaan Pencipta segala zat
pada manusia dalam membekali harkat
untuk usaha meneruskan umat


......


nadir. titik akhir dari kekuasaan
sebongkah tubuh ringkih merintih
refleksi ruh basi menusuk hayat
tanpa sejarah tak berriwayat
jerih, perih dari daya yang payah


begal sang dajal mengepalkan tangan
sekedar menyumpah melemparkan hujat
akan ketamakan sang sakaguru umat
yang lalai memagari martabat
dan abai mengayomi rakyat


......


metamorfosis ruh suci yang membasi
masihkah terjadi bila berbekal nurani?


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15/8/00 di burung gereja


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Supper's Ready

The Musical Box

Peter Gabriel, Anthony Banks, Michael Rutherford, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett.