Dengan awalan Bismillah, terbukalah lembaran baru untuk di tahun 2008.

Pagi ini, dengan sedikit paksaan dari rekan di kantor dan ucapan terima kasih padanya, akhirnya diputar beberapa karya dari Sami Yusuf, yang sebelumnya belum pernah saya dengar namanya, tapi beberapa lagunya pernah saya dengar karena sering diputar di media lokal. Berikut adalah lirik dari sebuah lagu yang cukup memukul menyentuh hati nurani saya. Make A Prayer

O people
In a hut made of tin and clay
A small boy dreams away
Of clean water and a meal a day
And not to fear mines as he plays each day

O people
Somewhere dark and out of the way
Aids has found yet another prey
To save his life he just couldn’t pay

Tell me what we’re gonna do
For our brothers in Durban
For our sisters in Darfur

Show me what we’re gonna do
Are we just going to sit there?
Nice and cosy on our armchairs
Will we not even make a prayer?

You might ask yourself
Why should I help these people?
They’ll tell you why
We’re not so different from you
We have dreams just like you
But they were buried with the
bodies of our loved ones

O people
Are we deaf, dumb, and blind?
What is going through our minds?
Don’t we care for the rest of mankind?

O people
We claim to love peace and justice
Why do we preach what we don’t practice?
Let’s help them out of this darkness

Tell me what we’re gonna do
For our brothers in Ethiopia
For our sisters in Rwanda
Show me what we’re going to do
Are we just going to sit there?
Nice and cosy on our armchairs
Will we not even make a prayer?

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