Monday, July 09, 2018

After a year and a war

“Minggu depan abang mula edar kad kawin” 
“Tak sabarnya nak tengok” 
“Pergi lagi Berkeley” 
“Abang juga yang cakap 'Okey kalau Hara nak pergi' 
“Salahkan abang pulak” 
“Salah abang. Abang tak cakap 'Hara jangan pergi'” 
“Baju nikah kita dah siap. Nanti kita pergi tengok sama-sama” 
“Okey abang” 
“Abang nak bawa Hara pergi program dekat muzium. Kita pergi sana pagi, petang kita pergi butik”
“Sempat ke baby?”
“Sempat. Program 2 jam je”
“Okey ikut abanglah”
“Hara jaga diri. Abang tunggu Hara balik”
“Bila kita nak jumpa?”
*When are we going to see each other, she asks
After a year and a war, I say
When is the war going to end, she asks
When we see each other, I say.
“Hmmm”
“Hmmmm”
“Tunggu kita balik tau”
“Abang tunggu dekat airport
“Nenda cakap misai abang macho habis. Selfie untuk tunang please
“Tadi pergi sauna. Lepas tu trim misai”
“Tak nak misai. Abang nampak bad boy. Tak comel”
“Nenda suka!”
“Bini awak suka jambang”
“Kahkahkahkah”
“E jahatnya!”


* Mahmoud Darwish