Mr. Tambourine Man

Sebenarnya saya sedang tak terlalu enak badan. Kepala saya sedang sedikit berat semenjak pulang selepas magrib tadi. Bersiap tidur selepas mandi malam yang singkat, saya tak kunjung bisa tertidur. Dan entah dari mana, alunan lagu Bob Dylan “Mr Tambourine Man” berputar-putar di dalam kepala yang terasa berat. Ah, saya jadi ingin bernyanyi dulu. Merekam beberapa baitnya singkat di telpon genggam yang entah untuk apa. Mungkin memang bukan untuk apa-apa, heheu. Sebenarnya saya hanya menyukai lagu ini. Saya pikir lagunya bagus. Tentang sebuah renungan panjang di satu malam yang tak gembira. Bagus sekali, Dylan. Jernih. :)

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Mr Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

I’m not sleepy and there is no place I’m going to

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

In the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you

Though I know that evening’s empire has returned into sand

Vanished from my hand

Left me blindly stand here to stand but still not sleeping

My weariness amazes me; I’m branded on my feet

And I have no one to meet

And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship

My senses have been stripped; my hands can’t feel to grip

My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boots heels to be wandering

I’m ready to go anywhere, I’m ready to fade

Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way I promise to go under it

Though you might hear laughing, spinning, swinging, madly across the sun

It’s not aimed to anyone; it’s just escaping on the run

And but for the sky there are no fences facing

And if you hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme

To your tambourine in time, it’s just ragged clown behind

I wouldn’t pay it any mind, it’s just a shadow you’re seeing that he’s chasing

Then take me disappearing to the smoke rings of my mind

Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves

The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach

Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free

Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands

With all memory and fate, driven deep beneath the waves

Let me forget about today until tomorrow

Cikarang, 4 Juni 2015