:: and a Man sat alone ::

“And a Man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness.

And all the animals drew near to him and said, “We do not like to see you so sad. Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it.”

The Man said, “I want to have good sight.” The vulture replied, “You shall have mine.”

The Man said, “I want to be strong.” The jaguar said, “You shall be strong like me.”

Then the Man said, “I long to know the secrets of the earth.”

The serpent replied, “I will show them to you.”

And so it went with all the animals.

And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give, he left.

Then the owl said to the other animals, “Now the Man knows much, he’ll be able to do many things. Suddenly I am afraid.”

The deer said, “The Man has all that he needs. Now his sadness will stop.”

But the owl (cuba fikirkan kenapa burung hantu disimbolkan sebagai binatang yang memiliki lebih hikmah daripada semua binatang? Kerana burung hantu boleh melihat di dalam gelap, dan memerhatikan persekitarannya dari atas pokok yang tinggi) replied, “No. I saw a hole in the Man, deep like a hunger he will never fill. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. He will go on taking and taking, until one day the World will say, ‘I am no more and I have nothing left to give.’”

Illusi dan penjara.

Bukankah apabila kita berjalan kita banyak melihat ‘lady in red’ di sekeliling kita?

Bukankah kita mahu memilikinya?

Kita melihatnya bersinar-sinar dan kita berasa iri terhadap mereka yang memilikinya?

Kita melihatnya cantik dan kita ingin memilikinya.

Dunia, bukankah kita mahu mencapai anggur yang sedang ranum itu?

Bukankah kita berasa tenang di dipeluk ‘lady in red.’

Tapi kita harus hidup dalam penjara ini dengan baik.

Mencari makanan dalam penjara ini dengan baik untuk menyuburkan diri fizikal kita ini sebelum dibebaskan.

Kita dilarang menyia-nyiakan fizikal kita ini. Kita perlu berkelakuan baik dalam penjara ini.

Nabi bersabda: “Dunia itu penjara mu’min dan syurga orang kafir.”

sources: Malakian dan YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wi7nZVNssk

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