YA  HADI           (invoking The Cluegiver)

         Rumbling mixer
        pours its guts out:
         shovel scraping
            concrete up
           bucket strong
           it fills the hole
          to build the wall
     where prayer will pour
          to human song
      of zikir bound to God.

          Bound to God.
          Bound to God.

       We find our health
   in lives sung long to God
   in lives sung long to God.

                                  (Malang, 2004)

          Molen gemuruh
           memuntahkan
             isi perutnya
         sekop mengorek
     semen bertimba-timba
    menjejali lobang-lobang
       membangun dinding
      dan doapun mengalir
  dalam irama kemanusiaan
       dzikir menuju Tuhan

          Menuju Tuhan
          Menuju Tuhan

 Kita menemukan kebugaran
   dalam nyanyian panjang
   kehidupan untuk Tuhan.

                            (Malang, 2005)
explanatory note
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