Sunday, May 14, 2006


Guilty as charged.

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Yesterday evening, Mama called. At the end of our conversation, she asked me what I sent her for Mother's Day.

Um...

Coincidentally enough, I saw something by an ustaz (in an Islamic magazine I found in the musolla) about how we're forbidden to celebrate Mother's Day.

Ada dalil? Takde dalil?

Allahu'alam.

But I sure feel that there is no harm in celebrating a mother's love for us. Bak kata Ustaz Hasrizal, "cinta ibu bapa itu bagaikan percikan dari cinta ar-Rahman untuk kita" (Ust. Hasrizal, 2006).

Still, that does not mean that I have a present with me. I mean, I got something at Phillip Island, but it would be wrong to say that I got it for Mother's Day, per se...

Um, I suppose, if insyaAllah all goes as planned, and the Sydney trip menjadi... We'll see, ya Ma?

For now, this is for you:

Permataku
by Mirwana

Sunyi...selubungi malam...
Mengusik minda yang terlontar jauh...
Masih hangat terasa ...
Tangan yang membelai yang mengusik manja...
Daku damba kasihmu...
Biar jadi pedoman...
Buat penyuluh jalan kugapai impian...

Angin...kau nyanyikan lagu...
Untuk permataku...tenang selalu...
Bayu...sampaikan berita...
Daku kini ceria...aman dan bahgia...
Selimutkan rinduku bersama malammu...

Hadirlah...kau dalam mimpiku...
Agar kau selalu...ada disisiku...
Rindu belaian kasihmu...
Rindu senyumanmu...
Penawar lukaku...
Dengarkan laguku...hadiah untukmu... (Interjection by Me: "Dengar, Ma!")
Jasa dan baktimu ku kenang selamanya...

Dikaulah cahaya...
Bila malam menjelma...
Kasihmu membawa ke syurga...
Dan redha yang Esa...

Note: I happen to like Mirwana and Mestica now... True, their songs may not have the typical Dawud 'umph', but the lyrics are very relevant... Meaningful. Stuff that relates need not be deep.

Although yes, deep is very nice (see: TintaAzZahra)

Of course, if you know of any good nasyeed I should listen to, do feel free to send them to me. Drop a line. Because boy, pay-as-you-go Net sure limits your playlist... Huhu... Camna nak dengar Radio IKIM like this lah...?

Wassalamu'alaik.

this has been a rant by Syazwina Saw at 5:12 pm

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