Belajar Bahasa Inggris Dari Puisi: "Pandemic"

 



Pandemic

By Catherine M. O’Meara


“This is Timeless...

And people stayed at home And read books

And listened And they rested

And did exercises

And made art and played

And learned new ways of being

And stopped and listened More deeply

Someone mediatated, someone prayed

Someone met their shadow

And people began to think differently And

people healed

And in the absence of people who Lived in

the absence of people who Lived in ignorant

ways

Dangerous, meaningless and heartless, The

earth also began to heal

And when the danger ended and People

found themselves

They grieved for the dead And made new choices

And dreamed of new visions And created

new ways of living And completely healed the

earth Just as they were healed”


Vocabulary:

1. Pandemic = pandemi

2. Timeless
“This is Timeless...

adjektiva
  • abadi = eternal, lasting, timeless, immortal, perennial, enduring
  • kekal = eternal, everlasting, lasting, immutable, permanent, timeless
  • tanpa batas waktu = timeless
  • tdk habis-habisan = limitless, endless, timeless, inexhaustible, unappeased, unfailing
  • tdk habis-habis = limitless, endless, timeless, inexhaustible, unappeased, unfailing
  • tdk habis-habisnya = limitless, endless, timeless, inexhaustible, unappeased, unfailing

3. mediatated
Someone mediatated, someone prayed

verba
  • merenungkan = ponder, contemplate, meditate, ruminate, muse, dwell
  • memikirkan = think, consider, reflect, dwell, contemplate, devise
  • merencanakan = plan, plot, devise, design, schedule, chart
  • bersemadi = meditate
  • bermenung = meditate, ponder, muse
  • menekur = meditate, bend, bow

4. healed = sembuh

And people began to think differently And

people healed

5. absence

And in the absence of people who Lived in

the absence of people who Lived in ignorant ways

nomina

  • ketiadaan = absence, lack, nothingness, want
  • ketidakhadiran = absence, absenteeism
  • kekurangan = lack, deficiency, shortage, drawback, shortfall, absence
  • ketidakadaan = absence
  • kemangkiran = absenteeism, absence

6. grieved 

They grieved for the dead And made new choices

verba

  • bersedih = grieve, be sad, mourn, greet
  • bersedih hati = grieve, mourn, be sad, greet
  • berduka cita = grieve, sorrow, mourn, condole
  • menyedihkana = sadden, pain, desolate, grieve, sore, damp
  • memuramkan = grieve, sadden, depress
  • memilukan=  love, melt, touch, grieve, sadden

7. visions = visi

And dreamed of new visions And created

8. completely = sama sekali

adverbia

  • sama sekali = at all, completely, absolutely, altogether, totally, entirely
  • serba = completely
  • habis = completely, soundly, all over
  • habis-habis = completely, all over, soundly
  • habis-habisan = completely, all over, soundly
  • habis-habisnya =completely, all over

Demikian, Semoga dapat bermanfaat..

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