22 Nov 2011

The Miracle of Shalat

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Cover By: Satrio Amal Budiawan
Judul : The Miracle of Shalat
Penulis: KH. Muhammad Sholikhin
Editor: Hijrah S, Adhika Prasetya.
Penerbit : Erlangga, 2011
Halaman : xxiv+536


Buku ini hadir di tengah hiruk pikuk degradasi pemahaman sebagian umat Muslim—didominasi juga oleh kalangan Muslim muda—yang menganggap bahwa ibadah shalat adalah ibadah motorik belaka yang hanya bertujuan untuk mencegah perbuatan keji dan mungkar, dan apabila keduanya telah tercegah, maka shalat tidak diperlukan lagi.

Pemahaman yang salah ini bahkan sudah menjadi trend di tengah-tengah masyarakat kita. Shalat menjadi perbuatan yang gengsi apabila dilakukan, shalat tidak perlu dijalankan cukuplah dengan mengingat Tuhan. Sungguh sombong dan salah pemikiran seperti ini.

Menarik sekali apa yang ditulis oleh penulis dalam buku ini dengan menyebutnya sebagai teori “belah bambu”"lebih baik mana antara orang yang rajin beribadah, tapi tingkah lakunya buruk, dengan orang yang tidak beribadah, tetapi tingkah lakunya baik?".

Pemahaman yang “dipaksakan” rasional ini tentunya tidak dapat dipertanggungjawabkan bahkan pandangan ini justru meremehkan ibadah sakral shalat sebagai, kalaupun demikian adanya, yang perlu dilihat adalah orang yang mengerjakan shalatnya, bukan shalatnya.

Ada tiga poin utama yang membuat segala pemahaman di atas salah. Pertama, pemahaman seperti tersebut sangatlah “dangkal” karena ibadah shalat bukan hanya memiliki tujuan untuk media instrospeksi diri, tetapi juga merupakan wujud (baca: devosi/bukti) kehambaan yang nyata—konkret—dari keimanan seseorang yang tidak bisa diraba—abstrak.

11 Nov 2011

11. Trial Of Tears

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[Lyrics: John Myung]


[I. IT'S RAINING]


Under the sun, there is nothing to hide

Under the moon, the stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day
It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years

They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

Take a look at yourself

Not at anyone else
And tell me what you see
I know the air is cold
I know the streets are cruel
But I'll enjoy the ride today

It's raining, raining,

On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

I may have wasted all those years

They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears

As I walk through all my myths

Rising and sinking like the waves
With my thoughts wrapped around me
Through a trial of tears

Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world

Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car
Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up
Not much better than the man you hate

[II. DEEP IN HEAVEN]


[Instrumental]


[III. THE WASTELAND]


Still awake

I continue to move along
Cultivating my own nonsense
Welcome to the wasteland
Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes
Still awake
Bringing change, bringing movement,
Bringing life
A silent prayer thrown away,
Disappearing in the air
Rising, sinking, raining deep inside me
Nowhere to turn,
I look for a way back home
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven

10. Anna Lee

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[Lyrics: James LaBrie]


Helpless child
They invite your hands to fill their needs
Will you be the same
Shameless smile
To steal from you the innocence that bleeds
Will they feel your pain

Trying to believe

The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on

Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone where do you belong
Anna lee

Behind those eyes

The vivid scene
A lucid dream within
Questioned secrets are revealed
And everytime
You can't deny
The lines that trace your skin
Wounds that never heal

Trying to believe

The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on

Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone where do you belong
Anna Lee

And now she's calling out a name

Can't keep on hiding all her pain
You feel the rain move in
As you begin
To turn and answer the call

Trying to believe

The scars unseen
The tears wash clean
You don't wanna breathe the air you breathe
You don't know how you'll live a life alone

She keeps holding on

Holding on to you
Let her breathe the air
Don't wanna be alone where do you belong
Anna Lee

9. Just Let Me Breathe

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[Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]


Open your eyes
And turn off your mind
Step right up folks and you will find
Agrowing trend
An epidemic
Spread with zen
And hypodermics

Just close your mind

You can find all you need with your eyes

The big machines take care of

You until you kill yourself
And then the sales go through the roof
Calculated, formulated
Feed my head with simple thoughts
And let me breathe instead of being taught
All bottled up and tearing at the seams
I'm bored
Just let me breathe

A daily dose of eMpTyV

Will flush your mind right down the drain
Shannon Hoon and Kurt Cobain,
Make yourself a household name

Just close your mind

You can find all you need with your eyes

The big machines take care of you

Until you kill yourself
And then the sales go through the roof
Calculated, formulated
Feed my head with simple thoughts
And let me breathe instead of being taught
All bottled up and tearing at the seams
I'm bored
Just let me breathe

Strike up your best angst ridden posture

Manufactured anger
Let's not forget my legacy
All my heroes have failed me
Now they're dead and buried

Just close your mind

You can find all you need with your eyes

The big machines will take care of you

Until the fashion fades
And the checks go through
My bank roll's red and my face is blue
And still they'll turn their backs on you for
Someone new

Feed my head

With some real thoughts
And let me think instead
Of being taught
I'll say things
You won't believe
Just stand back
Just let me breathe.......

8. Take Away My Pain

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[Lyrics: John Petrucci dedicated to John E. Petrucci]


I was sitting on the edge of his bed
Staring at the headlines on the paper
He said, "look at poor gene Kelly
I guess he won't be singing in the rain."
You can take away my heroes
Can you take away my pain

Take away my pain

Leave the cold outside
Please don't let it rain
Don't stumble on my pride
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened any more
Just stay with me tonight
I'm tired of this fight
Soon I'll be knocking at your door

She was standing by the edge of his bed

Staring at the message on their faces
He said, "what else can you do babe?
I guess I won't be coming home again."
They just took away all my promises
Make them take away my pain

Take away my pain

Leave the cold outside
Please don't let it rain
Don't stumble on my pride
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened any more
Just stay with me tonight
I'm tired of this fight
Soon I'll be knocking at your door

His final scene

The actor bows
And all those years
Are gone somehow
The crowd applauds
The curtain falls

I was standing by the edge of the water

I noticed my reflection in the waves
Then I saw you looking back at me
And I knew that for a moment
You were calling out my name
You took away my hero
Will you take away my pain

Take away my pain

Let the cold inside
It's time to let it rain
There's nothing left to hide
Take away my pain
I'm not frightened any more
I'm learning to survive
Without you in my life
Til you come knocking at my door.......

7. Lines In The Sand

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[Lyrics: John Petrucci]


Sometimes, for a moment of bliss
And the passion, we're craving
There's a message we miss
Sometimes when the spirits left alone
We must believe in something
To find if we've grown

Tragic reflex, shattered calm
Static progress, senses gone
Numb awareness, final psalm

Swept away with the tide
Through the holes in my hands
Crown of thorns
At my side drawing lines in the sand

Sometimes, if you're perfectly still
You can hear the virgin weeping
For the savior of your will
Sometimes, your castles in the air
And the fantasies you're seeking

Are the crosses you bear

Sacred conflict, blessed prize
Weeping crosses, stainless eyes
Desperate addict, faith disguised

Swept away with the tide
Through the holes in my hands
Crown of thorns
At my side drawing lines in the sand

We fabricate our demons
Invite them into our homes
Have supper with the aliens
And fight the war alone
We conjure up our skeletons
Enlist the den of thieves
Frightened from our closets
Then sewn upon our sleeves

In the stream of consciousness
There is a river crying
Living comes much easier

Once we admit
We're dying

Sometimes, in the wreckage of our wake
There's a bitterness we harbor
And hate for hatred's sake
Sometime we dig an early grave
And crucify our instincts
For the hope we couldn't save

Sometimes a view from sinless eyes
Centers our perspective
And pacifies our cries
Sometimes the anguish we survive
And the mysteries we nurture
Are the fabrics of our lives

Swept away with the tide
Through the holes in my hands
Crown of thorns
At my side drawing lines in the sand

6. Hell's Kitchen

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instumental song

5. Burning My Soul

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[Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]


A thorn in my side, a chip on my shoulder
A lump in my throat, the size of a boulder
The chill up my spine, can't get any colder
And you wonder why I can't smile

A knot in my gut, an ape on my back
In the heat of the moment, I'm knocked off the track
You drop the ball, I pick up the slack
And you ask me why my hairs gray

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning
Living and learning
The pressure keeps on burning my soul

I say it's green and then you tell me it's red
Keep your thoughts and ideas
Locked inside of your head
We've got someone
Who can think for you instead
And he sounds just like the last one

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning
Living and learning
The pressure keeps on burning my soul

Responsible thinkers
Throw caution to the wind
But I find myself
Speaking from within
I can't live my life
Walking on eggshells
To stay on your good side

Using your words
Controlling my life
Can't you see it's my words
That gives you your life
So I hurt your feelings
Well I'm really sorry
But I don't give a shit...

Twisting, turning
Losing all sense of yearning
Living and learning
The pressure keeps on burning my soul

4. Hollow Years

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[Lyrics: John Petrucci]


He's just the kind of man
You hear about
Who leaves his family
For an easy out
They never saw the signs
He never said a word
He couldn't take another day

Carry me to the shoreline

Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone

You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over you head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

She's not the kind of girl

You hear about
She'll never want another
She'll never be without
She'll give you all the signs
She'll tell you everything
Then turn around and walk away

Carry me to the shoreline

Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone

You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over you head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

Carry me to the shoreline

Bury me in the sand
Walk me across the water
And maybe you'll understand

Once the stone

You're crawling under
Is lifted off your shoulders
Once the cloud that's raining
Over you head disappears
The noise that you'll hear
Is the crashing down of hollow years

3. Peruvian Skies

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[Lyrics: John Petrucci]


There, there it is
I swear he's gonna murder that poor kid
Wait, I hear it again
Don't turn on the lights until we
Hear the way it ends

Under peruvian skies
Vanessa regretfully waits
The story unfolds in her eyes
Where midnight hysteria's
No big surprise
Battered and bruised
Always confusing
The love that she's losing for hate
Poor Vanessa

Hey, I hope you know
I'm taking all of this time with me when I go
Shame, you're not to blame
I'm the monster you created
In your daddy's name

Under peruvian skies
Vanessa regretfully waits
The story unfolds in her eyes
Where midnight hysteria's
No big surprise
Battered and bruised
Always confusing
The love that she's losing for hate
Poor Vanessa

Terror by night
Liar by day
Telling her secrets
Won't take them away

Under peruvian skies
Vanessa regretfully waits
The story unfolds in her eyes
Where midnight hysteria's
No big surprise
Battered and bruised
Always confusing
The love that she's losing for hate
Poor Vanessa

2. You Not Me

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[Lyrics: John Petrucci & Desmond Child]


Being round you is driving me crazy
Watching you run is making me lazy
You're trying to buy a place in my head
Telling me lines I've already read
Speaking my name to try to confuse me
Say it again you're starting to lose me

That's alright I'm okay

It happens every single day
It's all the same
But I'm not blind

It's all about you not me

It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me

It's all about you not me

You're building my prison brick by brick

Eating your words is making me sick
You get what you want
Cause nothing is sacred
You're reading my mind
And leaving me naked
You say I gotta give before I receive it
One of these days I'll believe it.

It's all about you not me

It's all about the things
That you're expecting me to be
There's not enough time to live
And all that you're expecting me to give

It's all about you not me

It's all about you not me

1. New Millennium

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[Lyrics: Mike Portnoy]

A single star behind me
A red sky burns ahead
A lonely light below me
Awake among the dead
An overwhelming feeling
Leaves me numband strange
A sense of new beginning
I sense a wind of change

Out with the old useless

People so cold ruthless welcome
In a new millennium
How many times must I
Live out this nightmare I
Can't wait until a new millennium

I've got this feeling

The tide is turning now baby
Funny feeling everything's gonna be alright now

Living out a constant deja vu

Keep your head up
Please be patient we will get to you
Keep your head up
Just have some faith and you can see it
Through
Keep your head up
But faith don't pay the rent that's overdue
Keep your head up
All that's glittering is turning blue
Keep your head up
What they want from me ain't gotta clue
Keep your head up
Swallow pride before it swallows you
Keep your head up
Don't dare bite the hand that's starving you
Keep your head up

How can you keep your head

And not go insane when the only light at the end
Of the tunnel is another train

The lies ten feet tall

Have broken my fall
Welcome you all new millennium

It's well overdue and I can't wait to

Welcome in a new millennium
I've got this feeling
The tide is turning now baby
Funny feeling
Everything's gonna be alright now

10 Nov 2011

8. Only A Matter Of Time

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[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Moore]

A suited man smiled said:
"It's just a matter of time
You can have the world at your feet
by tomorrow
just sign on this line."
Hold tight... limelight!
Approaching the paramount
with the sun in our eyes
fearing family ties, legalies,
compromise

In a dimly lit room with a stool as his
stage
a dream-stricken prince of a pauper's
descent
haunts the eavesdropping silence
that presses his window
as he sweats a performance
to an audience that ticks on the wall

7. The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun

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[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Petrucci]

Watching my window I was led like a

child
As the roadway lamplights
misguided my mind through the night
a shadow of limits
We were racing the rain
my hands held the wheel
My eyes tried to hold their place

there must have been a time

when I thought that you were
watching
It had to be when my senses lost
control
I thought I'd slipped away
I thought I could still feel us
moving
It must have been a cloud
no bigger than a man's hand

6. Afterlife

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[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Dominici]

I touched with one
who made me run
away from my own soul...
In this world with its
many illusions
We are moving like mice through a
maze

And now I find
what's left behind
has served to make me whole
full of doubt, deception, and delusion
seeking purpose to all earthly days

5. Light Fuse And Get Away

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[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Moore]

Would you like to sit and talk to me
about the way things change so
suddenly
when your senses come and the feeling
goes?
can you remember feeling much
too close?

Stop your hands from shaking.
Look at me.
Are your senses racing endlessly
tracing
past impressions? So were mine.
Have you ever been used
or will this be the first time?

4. The Killing Hand

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[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Petrucci]

[I. The Observance]
An Angel's kiss now fallen
Descending scarlet cuts the sky
Faded names left on the wall
Honor the fighting leave life to
die

Remembered is the sacrifice but
No praisal of blood still flowing
Who were the leaders?
what controlled the Killing Hand
that caused this mouthing?

Crossing over...

2. Status Seeker

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[music by Dream Theater]
[lyrics by Dominici and Petrucci]

Heart sick at the sight of the
Status Seeker
In a sense I'm not beyond reproach
the aspiration to drop a name
When any rose might smell the same
Maybe you'll figure it out someday
"I want to know you now...
You know I've always believed in you."

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were
unable to see

In a garden where the seeds were
spilled
I favored the few that stood strong
in the sun
As I reached for the profit of my prize
I found I had trampled the forgotten
ones

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were
unable to see

You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away

Nothing is sacred...
You draw the bottom line
with a dollar sign
Change of opinion...
At the drop of a dime
Graceless intrusion...
Are you sanctified in your
judgment of me?
All that I deserve is what you were
unable to see

You're running in circles
And I'm turning away
You refused to believe
Now I'm turning away

3. The Ytse Jam

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[Instrumental]
[music by Moore, Myung, Petrucci and Portnoy]

1. A Fortune In Lies

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[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Petrucci]

"For the first time in a long time
...everything was right in my
world... and then I woke up."

I can remember when,
In the unity of our five-day sessions
Not even once did we hear the siren
song
What kind of imagination
Asleep in some lyrical coma
Who's vain futile memory
Could have been so wrong?

You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles
A trifling euphoria
was such an untimely religion
maybe your life can explain
the reason for my indecision
Here is a poor man
the heart of this monster creation
He said we both will be heroes
and I was led into temptation

You can make a fortune in lies
You can keep a giant alive
You can ride the red
Until everybody smiles

Can you show me your gold
and your silver?
A hero in frozen water

Now you've made a fortune in lies
and you kept a giant alive
You rode the red
You rode the red

11. Space-Dye Vest

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Falling through pages of Martens on angels
Feeling my heart pull west
I saw the future dressed as a stranger
love in a space-dye vest

Love is an act of blood and I'm bleeding
a pool in the shape of a heart
Beauty projection in the reflection
Always the worst way to start

[Sample is Julian Sands from the film "A Room With A View".]
"But he's the sort who can't know
anyone intimately, least of all a
woman. He doesn't know what a woman
is. He wants you for a possession,
something to look at like a painting or an ivory box.
Something to own and to display. He doesn't want you to be real,
or to think or to live. He doesn't love you, but I love you.
I want you to have your own thoughts and ideas and
feelings, even when
I hold you in my arms. It's our last chance... It's our
last chance..."

9. Lifting Shadows Off A Dream

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He seems alone and silent
thoughts remain without an answer
Afraid and uninvited
he slowly drifts away

Moved by desire and fear
Breaking delicate wings

Lifting shadows
off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water
Into an ocean

As the rain is pouring down
Tears of sorrow wash his mind
Drifting with the current
This stream of life flows on

He seems alone and silent
waiting on his hands and knees
The chill of winter's darkness sits quietly

Moved by desire and fear
he takes a few steps away

Lifting shadows
off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water
Into an ocean

And she listens openly

He pours his soul into the water
reflecting the mystery
She carries him away
and the winds die slowly

And she listens openly
And she listens openly

Lifting shadows
off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water
Into an ocean

Lifting Shadows off a Dream
Lifting Shadows off a Dream

10. Scarred

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To Rise, To Fall.
To Hurt, To Hate.
To Want, To Wait.
To Heal, To Save.

Can't hear it
we fear it
awareness won't come near it

Distractive
Reactive
Disguised in spite of time

I never bared my emotion
My passion always strong
I never lost my devotion
but somewhere fate went wrong

Can't let them rape me again
Your venom's not family here
won't let them fill me with
fatalistic remedies

What if the rest of the world
was hopelessly blinded by fear?
Where would my sanctity live?
Suddenly nobody cares.

It's never enough
You're wasting your time
Isn't there something I could say?
You don't understand
You're closing me out
How can we live our lives this way?

You tell me I'm wrong
I'm risking my life
Still, I have nothing in return
I show you my hands
You don't see the scars
Maybe you'll leave me here to burn.

What if the rest of the world
was hopelessly drowning in vain?
Where would our self pity run?
Suddenly everyone cares.

Blood...Heal me
Fear...Change me
Belief will always save me
Blood...Swearing
Fear...Staring
Conviction made aware

Give up on misery
Turn your back on dissent
Leave their distrust behind
Wash your hands of regret

Do you feel you don't know me anymore?
And do you feel I'm afraid of your love?
And how come you don't want me asking?
And how come my heart's not invited?
You say you want everyone happy
Well, we're not laughing.

And how come you don't understand me?
And how come I don't understand you?
Thirty years say we're in this together
So open your eyes.

People in prayer for me
everyone there for me
Sometimes I feel I should face this alone
My soul exposed
It calms me to know that I won't

Blood...Heal me
Fear...Change me
Belief will always save me
Blood...Swearing
Fear...Staring
Conviction made aware

Give up on misery
Turn your back on dissent
Leave their distrust behind
Wash your hands of regret

Blood...Heal me
Fear...Change me
Belief will always save me
Blood...Swearing
Fear...Staring
Conviction made aware

Learning from misery
Staring back at dissent
Leaving distrust behind
I'm inspired and content

8. Lie

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Daybreak
at the bottom of lake
it's a hundred degrees I can't breathe
And I won't get out
'til I figure it out
Though I'm weak like I can't believe
So you tell me 'trust me' l can trust you
Just let me show you
But I gotta work it out in a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you

Doing fine but don't waste my time
Tell me what it is you want to say
You sin, you win, just let me in - hurry
I've been out in the rain all day
So you tell me 'trust me' I can trust you
as far as I can throw you
And I'm trying to get out of a shadow of doubt
'cause I don't know if I know you

Don't tell me you wanted me
Don't tell me you thought of me
I won't, I swear I won't
(Did)
I'll try, I swear I'll try
(Lie)

Mother Mary quite contrary
Kiss the boys and make them wary
Things are getting just a little bit scary
It's a wonder I can still breathe

Never been much of a doubting Thomas
but nothing breaks like a broken promise
You tell me 'bout your two more coming
but once is just enough for me

I had gotten used to being a soul destroyed
She comes in apparently to fill the void
All dogs need a leash and
at least I'll forget it
And she would never hurt me though
she's never said it
But I'm not gonna ask her today
I don't wanna scare her away
Your town, I'm all alone
and I just can't stare at the phone
I wanna talk about lifelong mistakes
and you can tell your stepfather I said so

3 Nov 2011

Busyro Muqoddas

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Judul: Busyro Muqoddas; Penyuara Nurani Keadilan
ISBN: 9789790995055
Penulis: Elza Faiz & Nur Agus Susanto
Editor: Adhika Prasetya
Tebal Buku:312
Dimensi: 14,5X21
Penerbit: Erlangga, 2011

M. Busyro Muqoddas, S.H, M.Hum, lahir di Yogyakarta, 17 Juli 1952. Kini Ketua Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) menggantikan ketua sebelumnya, Antasari Azhar. Pria yang akrab disapa Mas Bus ini sebelumnya adalah ketua merangkap anggota Komisi Yudisial RI periode 2005-2010.

Mas Bus berpembawaan kalem, sederhana, tegas, apa adanya, serius, dan kurang mempunyai ambisi duniawi. Karakternya ini terpupuk karena ia tumbuh dan besar dalam dunia religius gerakan Islam Muhammadiyah. Hal ini juga mewarnai corak aktivitasnya hingga sekarang. Ayahnya merupakan pegawai Kementerian Agama (dulu, Departemen Agama) dan Ibunya merupakan guru agama Islam di Madrasah Mu’allimat Muhammadiyah, Yogyakarta. Ia pernah menjadi pengurus Muhammadiyah, baik di pimpinan tingkat ranting hingga pusat.

Mas Bus menyelesaikan Sarjana Hukum dari Fakultas Hukum Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogyakarta tahun 1977. Semasa mahasiswa, ia pernah menjadi anggota Majelis Permusyawaratan Mahasiswa Universitas Islam Indonesia (MPM UII). Selanjutnya, ia mengabdi sebagai dosen pada almamaternya, di Fakultas Hukum Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII). Ia juga pernah menjabat sebagai Pembantu Dekan III Fakultas Hukum Universitas Islam Indonesia (1986-1988), Pembantu Dekan I Fakultas Hukum Universitas Islam Indonesia hingga tahun 1990. Gelar Magister Hukum diperolehnya dari Fakultas Hukum Universitas Gajah Mada tahun 1995.

29 Okt 2011

Nasionalisme di Persimpangan

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Desain Cover By: Farid Sabilach Rosyad
Judul:Nasionalisme di Persimpangan 
Penulis: Dr. Ali Masykur Musa
Editor : Tim Editor Divaro
Penerbit: Erlangga, 2011
Halaman: xii+228


Salah satu warisan terbesar ideologi modern adalah nasionalisme. Nasionalisme atau paham kebangsaan muncul di Eropa pada penghujung abad ke-18 dan menyebar ke berbagai penjuru dunia pada abad ke-19 dan 20. Bagi negara-negara dunia ketiga, termasuk Indonesia, nasionalisme mengilhami gerakan perlawanan melawan kekuatan kolonial. Paham kebangsaan merupakan pandangan, perasaan, wawasan, sikap, dan perilaku suatu bangsa yang terjalin karena persamaan sejarah, nasib dan sepenanggungan untuk hidup bersama-sama secara merdeka dan mandiri. Para pejuang kemerdekaan Indonesia seperti Soekarno, Muhammad Hatta, Wahid Hasyim, dan lain-lain, mengambil paham ini sebagai motivasi perjuangan. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) sebagai bagian dari organisasi perjuangan telah menunjukkan partisipasi aktif tidak saja untuk memperjuangkan kemerdekaan, tetapi juga untuk mempertahankannya. Pasukan Hizbullah, Sabilillah, serta Resolusi Jihad yang diinisiasi oleh KH Hasyim Asy’ari merupakan implementasi dari wawasan kebangsaan NU dalam kehidupan kebangsaan dan kenegaraan Indonesia.

25 Okt 2011

Merasa ditegur Tuhan

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Hari ini saya merasa ditegur Tuhan. Lagi panas2nya nunggu lampu merah, tiba2 motor saya ditabrak mobil Inova dari belakang. Sumpah! kesel banget! Pas nengok ternyata yg nyetir perempuan. Lihat sekeliling pengendara motor yang lain seakan berseru emosi, Turun! turun! gedor kacanya! tendang pintunya!! Saya yg juga emosi tadinya mau menuruti perintah massal itu, tapi jadi gak tega pas melihat perempuan itu memasang mata nanar bak kucing yang minta Bandeng. Akhirnya.. saya yg gak tegaan memutuskan yah sudahlah!! lampu juga sudah hijau! artinya mungkin itu tanda bahwa Tuhan lebih sayang perempuan itu. Saya pacu kembali si kuda besi sambil sesekali melihat ke bagian belakang, adakah lecet yg signifikan di sana? saya membatin. Mudah2an tidak ada. Atas kejadian ini saya merasa saya harus bersyukur karena masih diberi kenikmatan "kesabaran" yg dititipkan Tuhan lewat perempuan bermata nanar itu. Thanks God..

24 Okt 2011

The Rebel Sell

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Saya punya teman yang mati-matian menolak jika diajak ngopi di Starbucks. "Anti!" katanya. Teman saya yang lain nggak mau pakai sepatu Nike. Alasannya, tak ingin melukai hati para buruh yang dibayar murah untuk membuat sepatu itu. Ada lagi teman yang berjanji pada dirinya sendiri untuk seumur hidup tak menginjakkan kaki di mall, dan bangga dengan identitas "keudikan" yang senantiasa ia jaga dan pertahankan di tengah kehidupan urban Jakarta. Begitulah, sampai hari ini sikap dan keyakinan yang berakar pada ide "budaya-tanding" masih hidup dan tumbuh subur di mana-mana. Masih banyak orang yang meyakini bahwa menantang arus itu keren; membebaskan diri dari trend itu hebat; menjadi pemberontak itu heroik. Memakai kaos Che Guevara adalah jihad terbesar untuk menunjukkan sikap anti-kapitalis. Makan sayuran organik itu suci karena mengandung makna perlawanan terhadap fast food. Mempelajari Budhisme ( dapat salam dari Dee) akan membuatmu berada di barisan depan kaum antimaterialisme Barat. Jika semua itu belum cukup, setahun sekali kamu harus berpartisipasi dalam "acara" Hari Tanpa Belanja, mendengarkan hanya musik band-band indie (major label itu pelacuran), menyembah Jean Baudrillard yang bukunya "Simulacra and Simulation" telah menjadi kitab suci kaum anti konsumerisme ("kebutuhan itu hanya ilusi yang diciptakan oleh iklan"), dan memuja slogan Do It Your Self ("perbaiki daripada beli; berhenti fitness dan perbanyak jalan kaki").

19 Okt 2011

TOTO DAN SEBILAH KUJANG

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Toto melangkah dengan cepat melewati lorong-lorong kecil. Kakinya yang telanjang menghantam dinding-dinding comberan. Matanya yang kendur ia pejamkan sesekali lalu kembali ia buka lebar-lebar demi menahan kantuk yang luar biasa. Tangan kirinya terkepal keras, tampak urat-urat tangannya terlihat begitu jelas. Mulutnya tak henti komat-kamit, entah racauan apa yang ia ucapkan, tidak terlalu jelas, namun ada aroma amarah yang tesulut di sana. Tangan kanannya mengepal erat sebilah Kujang, erat sekali, sampai-sampai tangan dan Kujangnya menjadi sebuah kesatuan mengeras dan membatu. Keringat yang sejak tadi mengucur di parit-parit dahinya ia abaikan. Bahunya mengeras. Tampak dendam telah melilit jiwa dan raganya, darahnya mendidih, napasnya memburu, haus, seakan-akan menghanguskan apa saja yang menghalanginya. 

Toto terus melangkah. langkah-langkah yang lebar ia hujam ke setiap detik-detik yang bergulir, menggelinding dihantam ketidaksabaran. Luka, ialah luka, apalagi yang lebih menyakitkan daripada sebuah luka. Luka yang terus memburu Toto dalam amarah, amarah yang terus menari di atas luka-luka yang ditorehkan orang yang sedang ia cari di sini, di kerumunan banyak orang, sebuah terminal kumuh di kota Majalengka.

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Dua bulan yang lalu Toto masih tinggal di pesantren, tempat yang sama sekali berbeda dengan tempat asalnya, Terminal Bus. Masuk pesantren adalah pilihan Toto sejak ia keluar dari Lembaga Permasyarakatan dua bulan silam. Ia ingin benar-benar bertobat setelah kelam menjalani hari-harinya yang keras di tengah terminal. Semua kejahatan pernah ia lakoni, merampok, menjambret, menodong, bahkan membunuh sepertinya sudah menjadi hal yang biasa baginya, dan keluar-masuk penjara sudah sering kali ia alami. Toto memang benar-benar ingin insyaf. Baginya, tiada yang mampu mengemudikan hidupnya selain seseorang, yaitu ibu.
 

Toto yang kini menjalani hari-hari layaknya para santri yang lain dapat berubah sebegitu drastisnya tentu dikarenakan permintaan sang ibu yang tidak ingin melihat anaknya terus terpuruk dalam kekelaman. Siapakah yang menginginkan anaknya berkubang dalam kekelaman? Tentu tidak ada.

Selama di pesantren Toto memang tidak lantas langsung melahap dan mempelajari dan melahap ilmu-ilmu agama dari kitab klasik, karena baginya itu terlalu sulit, terlebih latar belakang dan orietasinya yang berbeda dengan santri-santri lain. Tidak lebih dari itu, Toto hanya menginginkan tempat yang tenang di mana ia dapat merenung dan bertobat dengan khusuk. Setiap malam Toto terjaga demi melaksanakan shalat Tahajud dan shalat Taubat. Tak jarang usai shalat Toto menitikkan air mata. Tampaknya kehidupan lamanya begitu kelam sehingga doa yang dipanjatkannya pun begitu dalam.

Dalam hal pergaulan Toto dikenal normal-normal saja, sama seperti santri-santri yang lainnya, walaupun tampang dan perawakannya menyeramkan tapi sesungguhnya ia memiliki perangai yang lucu dan humoris. Toto memang dikenal dengan perawakannya yang tinggi  besar, paras wajahnya yang beringas, dan tubuhnya yang dipenuhi tato. Siapa pun yang melihatnya dapat segera menghakimi orang macam apa dia.

Dari minggu ke minggu Toto menjalani hari-harinya yang baru, ia mulai berdaptasi dengan pola hidup lingkungan sekelilingnya. Kesegaran baru dalam menjalani hidup ia renguk penuh dengan penuh kebahagian, di sana di tempat anak-anak bangsa menimba ilmu. Toto benar-benar mengalami perubahan yang drastis, mungkin inilah yang disebut dengan konsekuensi dari sebuah perubahan.

Suatu hari ia menerima surat dari Uzlah Utini. Seorang gadis desa tempat Toto dilahirkan. Seorang yang selama ini menjadi peraduan hati dan jiwa Toto. Uzlah adalah orang kedua yang mampu mengendalikan Toto. Toto sumingrah. Dengan sedikit kikuk Toto membuka surat yang dikirimkan Uuz, nama panggilan kesayangan Toto pada Uzlah Utini kekasihnya. Senyum lebar tersungging di ujung lekuk bibir Toto kala mulai membaca surat. Namun lama kelamaan wajah Toto berubah drastis, dahinya merapat, alisnya naik, tangannya terkepal kuat dan napasnya memburu. Toto terlihat tidak mampu menahan amarahnya. Namun dengan penuh ketenangan ia mencoba untuk mengatur emosi yang semakin lama semakin memuncak, matanya nanar, begitu dalam dan jauh.

Toto bergegas mempersiapkan sesuatu seadanya, para santri tidak ada yang mencurigai tindak tanduknya, ia begitu pintar menyembunyikan sesuatu dalam dirinya sehingga para penghuni asrama tidak tahu sama sekali apa yang ia rasakan saat itu. Dengan langkah-langkah besar Toto meluncur tajam ke jalan setapak di belakang pondok, dengan tergesa-gesa ia masuk ke ladang tebu untuk sampai ke jalan raya.

Toto hanya membutuhkan dua jam perjalanan dari pesantren menuju terminal Majalengka, namun baginya waktu tersebut begitu lama karena ia sudah tak sabar menunggu. Kini pemandangan sebuah terminal kumuh tepat di depan bola mata Toto. Ia mendatangi kerumunan orang-orang, matanya garang, tubuhnya kencang terpancang urat-urat yang keluar mengakar, orang-orang berhamburan. Matanya seperti radar memburu apa yang ia cari.
 

“Hai sini kau, anjing!” teriaknya kepada seorang laki-laki kurus penjual kacang goreng yang sejak tadi ketakutan.
 

“Di mana si jangkung?” teriak Toto.
“Saya nggak tahu!” jawab laki-laki tadi. Toto menyeringai. Orang-orang berhamburan. Disepaknya orang tadi laksana bola, Toto tidak tinggal diam ia terus memburu apa yang ia cari, sebuah hadiah yang ia idam-idamkan dari kabar yang menyesakkan. Menyesakkan jiwanya, raganya, dan seluruh hidupnya. Namun sampai detik itu, apa yang ia cari belum kunjung tampak di matanya. Toto masih tetap memburu, laiknya truk tronton yang sedang menghancurkan rumah-rumah bedeng kaki lima. Ia menggerus dan meluluhlantahkan semua yang ada di hadapannya.
 

Di balik kerumunan orang yang berhamburan mata Toto seakan menangkap isyarat. ya, sesuatu yang ia idam-idamkan, dan kini ia telah mendapatkannya. Tanpa aba-aba Toto melesat pada sosok yang dituju, matanya tak lepas mengekor, Toto benar-benar memburunya seperti hendak kiamat, tak ada waktu lagi, semua harus terselesaikan. Ia terus mengejar laki-laki berjaket lusu itu, seluruh wajahnya dipenuhi ketakutan, urat-urat di jidatnya keluar seperti menantang teriknya matahari. Sekuat mungkin ia lari. Lari dari kejaran Toto yang sudah berubah jadi budak amarah yang menyala-nyala. Padahal laki-laki itu sudah lari sekencang-kencangnya, namun Tuhan berkehendak lain, mangsa itu telah berada dalam cengkeraman sang pemburu, sedikit perlawanan yang diburu hanya melukai tangan dan perut Toto, tidak masalah, semuanya tidak begitu berasa baginya. Kujang yang sejak tadi menghuni tangan Toto begitu cepat kini telah bersarang tepat di dada kiri laki-laki apes itu, bertubi-tubi Toto melepaskan amarahnya yang menyatu dengan rasa tega pada seonggok tubuh di hadapannya. Semua orang hanya terpaku, tak ada yang mampu berbuat apa-apa.
 

Semua seakan bisu. Tubuh malang itu kini terkapar bersimbah darah, ia sudah tidak berdaya, namun bagi Toto tubuh malang itu seakan masih menyembulkan rasa kebencian dan muak yang sangat dalam untuk dirinya. Dihirupnya udara ketenangan, ia maki sejenak mayat itu lalu meludahinya. Tubuh yang malang. Begitu malang sampai tak ada yang mengenali siapa seorang yang dibunuh itu. Toto bergegas pergi seperti hilang ditelan awan.

Sejak kejadian itu Toto menghilang entah ke mana, namun saat ini jelas ia kini telah menjadi buronan polisi atas pembunuhan seorang laki-laki di terminal. Tidak ada satu pun yang mengetahui ke mana Toto menghilang. Beberapa hari setelah kejadian semua orang mengenal Toto dimintai keterangan termasuk Kyai Mansyur pengasuh pondok pesantren tempat Toto menimba ilmu. Namun nihil, tidak ada yang mengetahui keberadaan Toto. Tiga bulan sudah Toto menghilang. Berita yang tadinya sempat santer di kalangan masyarakat umum khususnya di lingkungan pesantren seakan hilang ditelan bumi, sampai pada satu malam Toto datang ke pondok dengan tergesa-gesa.
 

Tubuhnya berkeringat, napasnya tak beraturan, dari balik dedaunan pohon pepaya di belakang pondok Toto mencoba memanggil seseorang dengan berbisik lirih. Ahmad yang ternyata mendengar suara dari balik kegelapan ini mencoba menghampiri, ia memicingkan mata. Alangkah kagetnya yang dilihat ternyata Toto, orang yang selama ini menjadi topik pembicaraan yang tak sudah-sudah. Ahmad menghampiri Toto, ia sama sekali tidak melihat wajah ketakutan di mata Toto. Ia begitu tenang, namun ia tampak tidak memiliki banyak waktu. Ia menceritakan semua perihal peristiwa yang ia alami. Ia bahkan menceritakan detil setiap peristiwa yang ia alami. Kata-kata membuncah begitu saja bagaikan peluru yang tak henti-henti. Ahmad hanya mengangguk-angguk. Ia benar-benar terdiam dan sama sekali tidak tahu harus berkata apa. Toto tampaknya sudah selesai dan begitu tenang menyampaikan semuanya kepada Ahmad. Ia yang tak punya waktu banyak menepuk punggung Ahmad.
 

“saya pamit kawan, saya titip Kujang ini, tolong rawat baik-baik, ini adalah pemberian ayah saya, saya tidak mau dipegang oleh orang yang tidak saya kenal. Terima kasih kawan semoga kita dapat bersua lagi” Toto hilang ditelan gelap, Ahmad cuma bisa terdiam sambil menggulung Kujang pemberian Toto dengan kain. Dalam benaknya ia tidak bisa berkata Toto telah melakukan yang benar atau yang salah.
 

Toto telah pergi, namun entah ke mana, tak ada lagi yang ia kasihi, karena yang ia kasihi telah pergi menghadap Tuhan walau dengan aib dan nista yang dibawa, Uzlah bunuh diri namun itu bukan kehendaknya, kekasihnya dihamili oleh seseorang yang sangat dekat dengan dirinya, seseorang yang selama ini banyak mendapatkan pelajaran tentang bertahan hidup dengan kekerasan, kejahatan, dan kekejaman di terminal, seseorang yang selalu memanggil kakak kepada Toto. Seseorang yang mati terkapar bersimbah darah ditikam Kujang oleh Toto, kakak kandungnya sendiri, yang tak mampu menanggung malu dan aib adiknya sendiri terutama di depan kekasihnya Uzlah Utina yang terlebih dahulu menghadap Yang Kuasa.

Untuk sahabatku Toto
Semoga kita dapat bersua kembali kawan!

Seperti dimuat di laritelanjang.net

11 Okt 2011

Sayembara Penulisan Naskah Drama Nasional(pelajar-mahasiswa)

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FTI berkehendak untuk menggairahkan kembali semangat menulis naskah drama, merangsang para penulis muda untuk juga bergiat di dalamnya, dan pada akhirnya meningkatkan perbendaharaan naskah Indonesia. Tidak tertutup pula harapan naskah-naskah baru tersebut dapat menjadi alternatif terutama bagi pertunjukan yang semakin dapat mewakili hidup dan persoalan-persoalan kemasyarakatan mutakhir kita. Tema Tema bebas, namun diharapkan yang “berakar” berkonteks dengan kekinian Indonesia. 

7. The Mirror

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Temptation-
Why won't you leave me alone?
Lurking Every Corner, everywhere I go

Self Control-
Don't turn your back on me now
When I need you the most

Constant pressure tests my will
My will or my won't
My Self Control escapes from me still...

Hypocrite-
How could you be so cruel
and expect my faith in return?

Resistance-
Is not as hard as it seems
When you close the door

I spent so long trusting in you
I trust you forgot
Just when I thought I believed in you...

6. The Silent Man

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A question well served,
'Is silence like a fever?'
'A voice never heard?'
'Or a message with no receiver?'

Pray they won't ask

Behind the stained glass
There's always one more mask

Has man been a victim

of his woman, of his father?
if he elects not to bother,
will he suffocate their faith?

Desperate to fall

Behind the Great Wall
That separates us all

When there is reason

Tonight I'm Awake
when there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man

If there is balance

tonight He's Awake
If they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

Sin without deceivers

A God with no believers
I could sail by
on the Winds of Silence
And maybe they won't notice
But this time I think
It'd be better if I swim

When there is reason

Tonight I'm Awake
When there's no answer
Arrive the Silent Man
If there is balance
Tonight he's Awake
But if they have to suffer
There lies the Silent Man

5. Voices

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'Love, just don't stare'
He used to say to me
every Sunday morning
The spider in the window
The angel in the pool
The old man takes the poison
Now the widow makes the rules

'So speak, I'm right here'
She used to say to me
not a word, not a word
Judas on the ceiling
the Devil in my bed
I guess Easter's never coming
So I'll just wait inside my head

4. Erotomania

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[Instrumental]

3. Innocence Faded

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Animation
breathes a cloudless mind
Fascination
leaves the doubting blind
Until the circle breaks and wisdom lies ahead
the faithful live Awake
the rest remain misled

Some will transcend spinning years
One as if time disappears

Innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
Trinity jaded
I break down walls to find you

Callow and vain
fixed like a fossil, shrouding pain
Passionless stage
Distant like brothers
Wearing apathetic displays
Sharing flesh like envy in cages
Condescending
Not intending to end

Some will transcend spinning years
One as if time disappears

Innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
Trinity jaded
I break down walls to find you

Beginnings get complicated
the farther we progress
Opinions are calculated
Immune to openness

Beyond the circle's edge
We're driven by her blessings
Forever hesitating
Caught beneath the wheel

Innocence faded
the mirror falls behind you
Cynically jaded
The child will crawl to find you.

2. Caught In A Web

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Silence disguised
I watch you
Show me the hurt
that haunts you
would you despise the thrill
If all you hide were mine?

I can't hold on any longer
These feelings keep growing stronger
Echoes that deafen the mind
will bury my voice in their wake

Caught in a Web
Removed from the world
Hanging on by a thread
Spinning the lies
devised in my head

I've seen the path
the one you take
shows the truth
for you to make
This turn of phrase
we might not see
is the thirst of desire
found so easily

Try to push me 'round
the world some more
And make me live in fear
I bare all that I am
made of now
Attractive I don't care
'Cause even when I danced with life
no one was there to share

Does this voice the wounds of your soul?
Does this voice the wounds of your soul?

Caught in a Web
Removed from the world
Hanging on by a thread
Spinning the lies
devised in my head

Tried to live the life
you live and saw
It doesn't work for me
I bare all that I am
made of now
Attractive, I can't be
Inside the Dance of Life is one
I'll never hold to me

You can't heal the wounds of my soul.
You can't heal the wounds of my soul.

Caught in a Web
Removed from the world
Hanging on by a thread
Spinning the lies
devised in my head

Caught in a Web
Refused by the world
Hanging on by a thread
Spinning a cage
Denied and misread

1. 6:00

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[Samples from the film "The Dead", an adaptation of James Joyce's short story from his book]
"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."
"And for what?"
"Well, isn't it for the honor of God, Aunt Kate?"
"I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane."

Six o'clock the siren kicks him from a dream
Tries to shake it off but it just won't stop
Can't find the strength but he's got promises to keep
And wood to chop before he sleeps

I may never get over
but never's better than now
I've got bases to cover

He's in the parking lot and he's just sitting in his car
It's nine o'clock but he can't get out
He lights a cigarette
and turns the music down
but just can't seem to shake that sound

Once I thought I'd get over
but it's too late for me now
I've got bases to cover

Melody walks through the door
and memory flies out the window
and nobody knows what they want
'til they finally let it all go

The pain inside
coming outside

So many ways to drown a man
So many ways to drag him down
Some are fast and some take years and years
Can't hear what he's saying when he's talking in his sleep
He finally found the sound but he's in too deep

I could never get over
Is it too late for me now?
Feel like blowing my cover

Melody walks through the door
and memory flies out the window
and nobody knows what they want
'til they finally let it all go

But don't cut your losses too soon
'cause you'll only be cutting your throat
And answer a call while you still hear at all
'cause nobody will if you won't

[Samples from the film "The Dead", an adaptation of James Joyce's short story from his book]
"Six o'clock on a Christmas morning..."
"I know all about the honor of God, Mary..."
"I know all about the honor of God, Mary Jane."

5. The Big Medley

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[I. In The Flesh?]

[Originally recorded by Pink Floyd]
[Written by Roger Waters]
[From the album "The Wall" - 1979]

So 'ya
Thought 'ya
Might like to
Go to the show

To feel the warm thrill of confusion
That space cadet glow

Tell me is something eluding you sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind this cold eyes?
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise

Lights...
Roll the sound effects...
Action...
Shout out! (shout out)
Shout out! (shout out)
Shout out! (shout out)

[II. Carry On Wayward Son]

[Originally recorded by Kansas]
[Written by Kerry Livgren]
[From the album "Leftoverture" - 1976]

[Instrumental]

[III. Bohemian Rhapsody]

[Originally recorded by Queen]
[Written by Freddie Mercury]
[From the album "A Night At The Opera" - 1975]

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh, baby
Can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out
Just gotta get right outta here

[IV. Loving, Touching, Squeezing]

[Originally recorded by Journey]
[Written by Steve Perry]
[From the album "Evolution" - 1979]

You make me weep
And wanna die
Just when
You said we'd try
Lovin', touchin', squeezin'
Each other

When I'm alone
Oh by myself
You're out
With someone else
Lovin', touchin', squeezin'
Each other

You're tearin' me apart
Every day, every day
You're tearin' me apart
Oh what can I say?
You're tearin' me apart

It won't be long, no
Until you're alone
When you're lover
Oh he hasn't come home
'Cause he's lovin', oh he's touchin', he's squeezin'
Another

He's tearin' you apart
Every day, every day
He's tearin' you apart
Oh girl what can you say?
'Cause he's lovin', touchin', another
Now it's your turn, girl, to cry

[V. Cruise Control]

[Originally recorded by Dixie Dregs]
[Written by Steve Morse - 1977]

[Instrumental]

[VI. Turn It On Again]

[Originally performed by Genesis]
[Written by Banks/Collins/Rutherford]
[From the album "Duke" - 1980]

Turn it on
Turn it on, turn it on again
Turn it on
Turn it on, turn it on again
Turn it on
Turn it on, turn it on again
Turn it on
Turn it on, turn it on again

4. The Rover / Achilles Last Stand / The Song Remains The Same

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[Originally recorded by Led Zeppelin]

[I. The Rover]

[Written by Jimmy Page/Robert Plant]
[From the album "Physical Graffiti" - 1975]

[Instrumental]

[II. Achilles Last Stand]

[Written by Jimmy Page/Robert Plant]
[From the album "Presence" - 1976]

It was an April morning
When they told us we should go
And as I turn to you you smiled at me
How could we say no?
With all the fun to have
To live the dreams we always had
Woah the songs to sing
When we at last return again yeah
Oh
Oh

Sending off a glancing kiss
To those who claim they know
To know the streets the seaman hears
The devil in his hole
Oh to sail away
To sandy lands and other days
Oh to touch the dream
Hides inside and never seen, yeah
Oh
Ooh

Into the sun the south the north
Lies the first of hope
Shackles of commitment fell
In pieces on the ground
Oh to ride the wind
To tread the air above the din
Oh to laugh aloud
Dancing as we fought the crowd yeah
Oh oooh

To seek the man whose pointing hand
The giant step unfolds
With guidance from the curving path
That churns up into stone
If one bell should ring
In celebration for a king
So fast the heart should beat
As proud the head with heavy feet, yeah
Ooooh

Oh

[III. The Song Remains The Same]

[Written by Jimmy Page/Robert Plant]
[From the album "Houses Of The Holy" - 1973]

Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah
Here we go
Wanted to know, oh oh
Sing out Hare, Hare, oh
Dance the Hoochie Koo
The city lights
Oh so bright
As we go sliding
Sliding, sliding, sliding
Through
Oooh
All right

3. Perfect Strangers

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[Originally recorded by Deep Purple]
[Written by Blackmore/Glover/Gillan]
[From the album "Perfect Strangers" - 1984]

Can you remember
Remember my name
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown
Ooooh and cold
Cold spirits of ice (ice ice)
All my life
I am the echo of your past

I am returning
The echo of a point in time
In distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known
Ooooh and laughing
As the spirits appear
Ooooh all your life
Shadows of another day

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers

Oooooh ooh

I know I must remain inside this silent well of sorrow
Oh

A strand of silver
Hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind
Ooooh is aching
With the dead of the night
Precious life
Your tears are lost in falling rain

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain
Perfect strangers

2. Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

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[Originally recorded by Elton John]
[Written by Elton John/Bernie Taupin]
[From the album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - 1973]

The roses in the window box
Have tilted to one side
Everything about this house
Is gonna grow and die

Oh it doesn't seem a year ago to this very day
You said I'm sorry honey
If I don't change the pace
I can't face another day

And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands

I wonder if those changes
Have left a scar on you
Like all the burning hoops of fire
That you and I passed through

You're a bluebird on a telegraph line
I hope you're happy now
While if the wind of change comes down your way girl
You'll make it back somehow

And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands

And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you so I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands

Oooooh oooh
Oooooh
Oh oh oh oh ooh
Love lies bleeding in my hands
Oooh
Oooh ooh

1. A Change Of Seasons

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[Music by Dream Theater]
[Lyrics by Mike Portnoy]

[I. The Crimson Sunrise]

[Instrumental]

[II. Innocence]

I remember a time
My frail, virgin mind
Watched the crimson sunrise
Imagined what it might find
Life was filled with wonder
I felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
Transcend the depth of winter's snow

Innocence caressing me
I never felt so young before
There was so much life in me
Still I longed to search for more

But those days are gone now
Changed like a leaf on a tree
Blown away forever
Into the cool autumn breeze
The snow has now fallen
And my sun's not so bright
I struggle to hold on
With the last of my might

In my den of inequity
Viciousness and subtlety
Struggle to ease the pain
Struggle to find the same

Ignorance surrounding me
I've never been so filled with fear
All my life's been drained from me
The end is drawing near...

[III. Carpe Diem]

"Carpe diem
Seize the day"

I'll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall
Ticking away
"Seize the Day"
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around
Hear the sounds
Cherish your life
While you're still around

("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
(Old Time is still a-flying;)
(And this same flower that smiles today)
(Tomorrow will be dying")

We can learn
From the past
But those days
Are gone
We can hope
For the future
But there might not be one

The words stuck in my mind
Alive from what I've learned
I have to seize the day
To home I returned

Preparing for her flight
I held with all my might
Fearing my deepest fright
She walked into the night
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, "I Love You...
Good-bye"

("It's the most awful thing you'll ever hear")
("If you're lying to me...")
("Oh, you dearly love her")
("...just have to leave...)
(All our lives")
("Seize the day!")
("Something happened")
("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may")
("She was killed")

[IV. The Darkest Of Winters]

[Instrumental]

[V. Another World]

So far or so it seems
All is lost
With nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and the
T.V. screen
Another world
Where nothing's true

Tripping through
The life fantastic
Lose a step
And never get up
Left alone
With a cold blank stare
I feel like giving up

I was blinded by a paradise
Utopia high in the sky
A dream that only drowned me
Deep in sorrow, wondering why

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Then string him up for all the world to see

I'm sick of all
Your hypocrites
Holding me at bay
And I don't need
Your sympathy
To get me through the day

Seasons change and so can I
Hold on Boy
No time to cry
Untie these strings
I'm climbing down
I won't let them push me away

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't let him be
Let's feed upon
His misery
Now it's time for them
To deal with me

[VI. The Inevitable Summer]

[Instrumental]

[VII. The Crimson Sunset]

I'm much wiser now
A lifetime of memories
Run though my head
They taught me how
For better or worse
Alive or dead
I realize
There's no turning back
Life goes on
The offbeaten track

I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, but now must move on
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
He's my only one
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun
"Seize the day
And don't you cry
Now it's time
To say good-bye
Even though
I'll be gone
I will live on
Live on"

13 Sep 2011

Iwan Fals

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Iwan Fals yang bernama lengkap Virgiawan Listanto (lahir 3 September 1961 di Jakarta) adalah seorang penyanyi beraliran balada yang menjadi salah satu legenda hidup di Indonesia. Lewat lagu-lagunya, Iwan menggambarkan suasana sosial kehidupan Indonesia (terutama Jakarta) di akhir tahun 1970-an hingga sekarang. Kritik atas perilaku sekelompok orang (seperti lagu Wakil Rakyat dan Tante Lisa), empati bagi kelompok marginal (misalnya lagu Siang Seberang Istana dan Lonteku), atau bencana besar yang melanda Indonesia (atau kadang-kadang di luar Indonesia, seperti lagu Ethiopia) mendominasi tema lagu-lagu yang dibawakannya.

Lewat lagu-lagunya, ia memotret kehidupan dan sosial-budaya di akhir tahun 1970-an hingga sekarang. Kritik atas perilaku sekelompok orang (seperti Wakil Rakyat, Tante Lisa), empati bagi kelompok marginal (misalnya Siang Seberang Istana, Lonteku), atau bencana besar yang melanda Indonesia (atau kadang-kadang di luar Indonesia, seperti Ethiopia) mendominasi tema lagu-lagu yang dibawakannya. Iwan Fals tidak hanya menyanyikan lagu ciptaannya tetapi juga sejumlah pencipta lain.

Gusdur

KH. Abdurrahman Wahid atau dikenal sebagai Gus Dur lahir di Jombang, Jawa Timur, pada 7 September 1940. Gus Dur adalah putra pertama dari enam bersaudara dari keluarga yang sangat terhormat dalam komunitas Muslim Jawa Timur. Kakek dari ayahnya adalah K.H. Hasyim Asyari, pendiri Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), sementara kakek dari pihak ibu, K.H. Bisri Syansuri, adalah pengajar pesantren pertama yang mengajarkan kelas pada perempuan. Ayah Gus Dur, K.H. Wahid Hasyim, terlibat dalam Gerakan Nasionalis dan menjadi Menteri Agama tahun 1949. Ibunya, Ny. Hj. Sholehah, adalah putri pendiri Pondok Pesantren Denanyar Jombang. Selain Gus Dur, adiknya Gus Dur juga merupakan sosok tokoh nasional.

Berdasarkan silsilah keluarga, Gus Dur mengaku memiliki darah Tionghoa yakni dari keturunan Tan Kim Han yang menikah dengan Tan A Lok, saudara kandung Raden Patah (Tan Eng Hwa), pendiri Kesultanan Demak. Tan A Lok dan Tan Eng Hwa merupakan anak dari Putri Campa, putri Tiongkok yang merupakan selir Raden Brawijaya V.

11 Agu 2011

Indahnya Ramadhan dan Idul Fitri

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Judul: Indahnya Ramadhan dan Idul Fitri
Penulis: Tim Divaro
Editor: Andriansyah, Adhika Prasetya
Penerbit: Erlangga, 2011
Halaman: 36

Bulan suci Ramadhan adalah bulan yang paling dinantikan oleh seluruh umat muslim di dunia. Pada bulan tersebut, Allah SWT menjanjikan rahmat, ampunan, dan dijauhkan dari siksaan api neraka bagi siapa saja yang berpuasa sebulan penuh dan hanya mengharapkan ridha-Nya. Bulan suci Ramadhan juga merupakan bulan ibadah lho! Setiap ibadah akan dibalas pahala berlipat ganda.

Karena itulah, Dhiya dan Sofia amat senang begitu mendengar bulan suci Ramadhan akan tiba. Mereka sudah tidak sabar ingin berpuasa dan melakukan ibadah-ibadah lain seperti shalat Tarawih, tadarus, dan sebagainya. Ibadah membayar zakat fitrah juga dilakukan pada bulan suci Ramadhan lho! Bagaimana kelanjutan kisah Dhiya dan Sofia? Pastikan kamu mengetahuinya di dalam buku ini. 

6 Agu 2011

Keramat Luar Batang & Empang Bogor

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"Mari Hormati Para Penyebar Kebaikan" 
 Pesan Almarhum Bapak waktu ziarah ke makam Mbah priuk (Habib Husain bin Abu Bakar Al-Idrus), Keramat Luar Batang dan ke makam Habib Abdulah bin Muhsin Al-Atas, Empang Bojong Bogor, 27 Desember 2010.

Kalau boleh saya diibaratkan, amal kebaikan itu ibarat Multi Level Marketing (MLM), maka saya yakin bahwa para Nabi, Rasul, dan Wali penyebar ajaran Islam menduduki peringkat bintang tujuh alias high position karena dalam konsep MLM semakin banyak orang yang mengambil produk (amal) kita, maka akan semakin banyak poin yang akan kita terima. Selain para Nabi dan Rasul, adalah para Wali, para manusia biasa yang rela mengorbankan kenikmatan dunianya demi menyebarkan kebenaran agama dan melakukan kehidupan yang zuhud yang jauh dari hingar bingar kenikmatan dunia. Maka dari itu mereka dikaruniai maunah dari Allah SWT. Semasa hidupnya, mereka terus berkomitmen untuk menyebarluaskan perintah Allah SWT, sehingga nama mereka harum semasa hidupnya dan bertambah harum ketika masuk ke liang halat, bahkan keharumannya terus ada sampai detik ini. Itulah janji Tuhan, di mana para kekasihnya akan diangkat derajatnya setinggi-tingginya sebagai tanda (ayat) kekuasaan Allah SWT. Salamun Alaikum Ya Habiballah...

4 Agu 2011

Bronkitis infeksiosa

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Rabu malam (3 agustus) Saya divonis dokter mengidap Bronkitis. nyesek sih, tapi lega, saya jadi tau penyakit yang selama ini setia menemani hari-hari saya. Memang sudah sejak lama saya ingin memeriksakan kondisi napas yang sesak dan dada yang sakit ini, tapi males ditambah lagi waktu yang susah nyarinya. Penyakit ini memang sangat akrab dengan perokok dan pengendara motor seperti saya. Bahkan kata teman-teman saya waktu mereka mengomentari status saya di facebook, penyakit ini adalah penyakit langganan para aktivis (selain tipes dan penyakit kulit) biasanya baru akan terasa setelah resign dari segala pekerjaan aktivisnya, (jiyaaa luh kira itu pekerjaan ada perusahaannya hahahahaa), akan terasa ketika mulai berkeluarga dan tentu saja akan terasa ketika mulai berumur. Bronkitis, begitulah kata pertama yang saya dengar usai sang dokter meraba-raba dada saya (upss jangan ngeres yah... saya kan cowo dan dokternya juga cowok, udah tua lagi, ubanan, namanya dokter Sim, ada kok no. Hp nya, mau? facebook, twitternya juga ada). Awalnya saya mencoba santai mendengar kabar itu, "oh.." begitu ucap saya sambil mengerenyitkan dahi. Tapi kok lama-lama pas dokter menjabarkan apa itu Bronkitis dari a sampai z pulang-pergi, saya mulai ketar-ketir.. serem juga nih... wah... waktu itu jujur saya cuma bisa bengong sambil gigit 4 jari sambil menatap jendela berembun seraya membayangkan peluk-pelukan, foto-foto bareng saat perpisahan nanti dengan nikmatnya rasa rokok Dji Sam soe, entengnya Sampoerna Mild, dan mantapnya Marlboro. Aduh sedih jadinya (minta tisu dong, sekalian es teh manis uah segelas) Baiklah, saya teruskan, malam itu saya rasa cukup sudah ceramah agama pak dokter nyemplung di tempurung otak saya. Saya mau pulang, buru-buru minum obat, mau tidur dan berharap besok masih ada harapan untuk memugar tulang rusuk saya yang amburadul dan hampir hancur karena kenikmatan semata (menatap sinis pada batang-batang rokok). Mudah-mudahan saya bisa melewati segala cobaan ini (maksudnya cobaan untuk tidak merokok) hik hik hik itu sungguh berat buat saya (bukan kah begitu?? *para perokok menyambut riuh sambil mengangkat botol bir "betuuuuuullll"). Terakhir saya ingin mengutip kalimat teman saya (Abah Tata Masta) yang saya rasa ada benarnya juga: "Berhenti merokok, atau berhenti bernapas!" (Oh tentu saja say milih berhenti bernapas supaya bisa ngeroko sepuasnya di surga hahaha begitulah kira2 jawaban nakalnya). Piss Ah...

Oh iya di bawah ini ada info tentang penyakit Bronkitis, kali aja bermanfaat untuk dibaca. Ciauuuu