Sayap-sayap patah (Kahlil Gibran) & John Keats

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1932)dalam bukunya "sayap2 patah" / The broken wings / Al-Aj nihah al-Mutakassirah, menulis :

Seorang wanita yang telah dilengkapi oleh Tuhan dengan keindahan jiwa dan raga adalah sebuah kebenaran, yang sekaligus nyata dan maya, yang hanya bisa kita pahami dengan cinta kasih, dan hanya bisa kita sentuh dengan kebajikan, dan jika kita mencoba melukiskan wanita demikian itu, ia pun menghilang seperti kabut.

Benar2 puisi yang dahsyat.....
Sekarang coba kita baca puisi dari John Keats (1795-1821)

A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkn'd ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.

John Keats

Ke dua puisi diatas berbeda jaman hampir 1 abad...tetapi keindahan penggambaran cinta/roman terhadap wanita ataupun sesuatu yang indah tetaplah abadi...
Cat : Image kahlil Gibran dan Mouseleum nya