Tentang Cinta (On Love)
Oleh: Kahlil Gibran
| Sumber: The Prophet (Sang Nabi)
Ketika cinta memanggilmu, ikutilah dia,
meski jalannya sukar dan curam.
Dan ketika sayapnya melingkupimu, pasrahlah kepadanya,
meski pedang yang tersembunyi di antara bulu-bulunya bisa melukaimu.
Bila dia berbicara kepadamu, percayalah padanya,
meski suaranya bisa menghancurkan mimpimu seperti angin utara yang merusak taman.
Sebab sebagaimana cinta memahkotaimu, begitu pula dia akan menyalibmu.
Sebagaimana dia menumbuhkanmu, begitu pula dia akan memangkasmu.
Versi Asli
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.