Di bawah pohon berdaun salju itu, kutemukan kita.
Duduk berdua menatap ranting-ranting putih yang mulai merenta.
Aku akan mengeluh kedinginan.
Lalu kau akan merapatkan pelukanmu.
Dan para tetangga akan bertanya-tanya.
Untuk apa kita duduk berdua di bawah pohon berdaun salju.
Saat suhu tak mau bergerak dari titik beku.
Yang tak mereka tahu, di bawah pohon itu, tersimpan rindu.” 


“Under that snow-leaf tree, I found us.
Sitting side by side, staring at the branches turned white.
I would complain about the cold.
Then you’d took me to your arms to hold.
And the neighbors would wonder.
Why should we sit under that snow-leaf tree.
When the temperature dropped under zero degree.
What they didn’t know, under that three, there was love.”

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Hayu Hamemayu is a word bender, whose work has appeared in The Conversation Indonesia, The Jakarta Post, Media Indonesia, Kompas, Majalah Kartini, Indonesia Travel Magazine, and The Newbie Guide to Sweden among others.