Salam untuk Bumi

Barangkali itu suara bumi berteriak
Mengaum diinjak-injak
Tuhan titipkan telaga air
Titipkan bebatuan dan tanah
Tempatmu berpulang
Kalian disisakan senja dibarat daya
Aurora di utara
Fajar dipelupuk mata, tapi
Tak kunjung selesai dinikmati
Jangankan bernapas
Matipun merepotkan
Kayu kering jadi peti mati
Gumpalan tanah membalut kembang berduri
Kembalimu tanah
Telah lebur pada makna
Sedang matahari menjulurkan lidah
Seperti anjing lapar
Tapi kau asapi
Pelihara, maka ikuti
Jaga, maka penuhi
Aku terlambat tahu
Ternyata pusat semesta
Singgah dilengan-lengan sekutu
Yang enggan memeluk lakon
Besok lusa, ajaklah ilalang merenung
Kenangkan kepadanya
Untuk sebuah hormat, salam
Untuk bumi
                                                                                                         Herlina Wati

The Seven Ravens

Once upon a time, there lived a good king. He had seven handsome sons but the king and the queen still wanted to have a daughter. A wizard predicted that they would have a daughter when seven ravens cried.

Some day, the king told to his seven handsome sons to get some water from the magic brooks around the kingdom. The sons went quickly because they wanted to get the water soon, but they stop on their way to chat with dwarf so they were too late get the water, that made the king angry with them.

Knowing that the king got very angry and he cursed, “May those lazy sons of mine turned into ravens!”.

Suddenly the handsome prince turned into ravens. They flew far away. Later on, the king had got a daughter, he gave her named Elizabeth. Elizabeth grew up to be a beautiful princess.

One day, there was a small accident, the princess didn’t like her meal because it’s not delicious. So she scolded a servant. The servant also got very angry with her and said, “it was your fault that your brothers turned into ravens”.

Elizabeth was shocked to hear that, she decided to leave the palace to find her brothers. She had gone anywhere but she couldn’t find. Fortunately, a very bright star took a pity on her. She told her to go to the crystal mountain, “here is the key to open a tiny door at the mountain. You will found dwarf and seven ravens there”.

Without any hesitation, she went to the mountain. But when she got the door, she dropped the golden key into the valley, “oh, the key is falling”. She screamed and she couldn’t reach it, she though so hard for while then she decided to use her little finger as the key.

Slowly she opened the door, then she stepped quietly into the cave. Inside, she found a dwarf preparing seven plates with bread crumbs and seven glasses of water. Feeling so hungry and thirsty, Elizabeth ate all the crumbs and drank all water. But she dropped her ring into the last glass. It was ring from her mother.

Suddenly, she heard noises, so she hid her self quickly under a table. It was the seven ravens coming. The ravens looked surprised seeing empty plates and glasses. “Who has eaten bread crumbs for my plate?” one raven quested by him self angrily. “who has drunk out of my glass?” another ravens quested too. “Who puts our mother’s ring in my glass?”.

“It was me, your sister!”. Hearing the voice the seven ravens very astonished. Elizabeth appearing from hiding. “oh, brothers!”. Elizabeth embrace her brothers strongly. Elizabeth tears falling down to the ravens feathers. The raves gradually changed into their original figures handsome princes. She tears had broken the magic spell.

Finally, Elizabeth and her brothers went back to the kingdom. The king and the queen were very happy to see their sons and after that they were living happily in a kingdom.