Mengharungi Resam Hidup/Navigating Life’s Paths

NASIR HASHIM

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Mengharungi Resam Hidup

Ada kalanya
Kita meniti jalan nan
sepi

Ada kalanya
Kita mendayung
sampan dibanting
ombak tsunami

Begitulah resam hidup
Sanggup terdampar di
rantau orang

Demi seteguk rezeki
dan sesuap harapan

Tidak seorang pun
berani berkata
Perjuangan ini enteng
Perjuangan ini mudah
sekali

Kerana setiap langkah
mu itu menghidupkan
pengalaman jati

Menyusun liku
kebijaksanaan
menyalakan inspirasi
Mengenali permata
indah di celah celah
kilauan kaca samar

Maka kau berdiri teguh
menyusun tenaga
bakti sakti

Menggembleng
potensi semarakkan
realiti

Kerana perkara
mustahil tidak pernah
bertakhta di hati

– Nasir Hashim

English translation

Navigating Life’s Paths

Sometimes
We tread paths
silent and lonely

Sometimes
We row our boat
battered by tsunami waves

Such is the nature of life
Willing to be cast adrift
in foreign lands

For a sip of sustenance
and a morsel of hope

No one dares to say
This journey is light
This journey is easy

For each of your steps
breathes life into experience
Arranging the curves
of wisdom

Igniting inspiration
Discovering beautiful gems
hidden in the hazy
glimmer of glass

You stand firm
gathering your strength
sacred devotion

Mobilising potential
to illuminate reality

Because the impossible
has never reigned
in the heart

– Nasir Hashim

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Nasir Hashim
Dr Mohd Nasir Hashim received a PhD in international nutrition from Cornell University. He served as the first chairman of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) for 23 years (1996-2019) and as the Selangor State Legislative Assembly member for Kota Damansara (2008-2013). These days, he enjoys writing poems, painting and playing the harmonica
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