bisikan kasih
Kekasih berbisik ke telingaku,"Jadilah buruan, bukan pemburu.
Jadikan dirimu si tolol Ku.
Berhenti bercita-cita menjadi mentari,
jadilah zarah.
Mengungsilah ke Pintu Ku,
jadilah gelandangan.
Jangan berpura-pura menjadi lilin,
jadilah kupu-kupu.
Akan kau hirup harum Kehidupan.
Akan kau rangkul gagah pengabdian".
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Mathnawi V: 411-414, dalam The Rumi Collection, editor Kabir Helminski.
posted by syed putra @ Monday, March 20, 2006
2 Comments:
a millions thanks for the first, but kupu-kupu is more correct for two obvious reasons:
i. Kelkatu are male ants, called drones. They, along with the breeding females, are born with wings, and do nothing throughout their life except eat, at least until the time for mating comes. At this time, all the breeding ants in the colony are carried outside (save for the queen) where other colonies of similar species are doing the same.
Then, all the winged breeding ants take flight. Mating occurs in flight and the males die shortly afterward.
The females that survive land and seek a suitable place to begin a colony.
There, they break off their own wings and begin to lay eggs, which they care for.
They are not-nocturnal and do not seek light.
2.Kupu-kupu are moths and are apparently attracted to light, or more specifically, are known to circle bright objects.
The reason for this behaviour is not known. It may be moths navigate by maintaining a constant angular relationship to a bright celestial light (such as the moon), but on encountering a bright artificial light it navigates by maintaining a constant angle to the light, resulting in the moth flying in a spiral until it hits the light source.
However, researchers such as Henry Hsiao suggest the reason for moths circling lights has to do with a visual distortion called a Mach band.
Henry Hsiao conjectures that moths, as nocturnal creatures, fly towards the darkest part of the sky in pursuit of safety.
Moths are thus inclined to circle ambient objects in the Mach band region, usually at a radius of about one foot, depending on the species.
yup, but that's the price if one wishes to keep one's sanity and non-mechanical compass working.
morning/day flowers are for butterflies and other nectar driven insects, night flowers are for lovers, brother.
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