If you say love is blind
Maybe you are wrong
Blame not love
For it is us who made love blind

If you say love is captivity
I say love is freedom
Freedom of being loved
To remain who we are and to discover our inner most

If you think love is a sacrifice
O how you suffered when loving?
No…..
Love is happiness
It gives you a meaning of life
In good or bad, ups or downs

If you love, to be loved in return
I will ask you,
what different are you from a merchant
who only gives when given?
To be loved is a mere cause of loving
It is not a goal
When you truly love
You create a genuine love
And so you become loved

I say love is not a take-and-give
Love is sincerely giving without taking
Be fooled not by wealth
It has nothing to do with it
Giving happiness, spirit, joy, affection and even sharing
tears shall enlighten those who receive
Giving does not mean losing
Giving is the richness of self

If you are saddened by love
For not having what you love
Instead, learn to love what you have

If your lips pouted and you disagree with my love
I say, think again
Maybe you and I need to be silent for a while
But if you say I am in love
because today I want to talk about love
I say, it is yours to decide…..

Taipei,11:51 PM 1/9/2003
—Translated from “Cinta dan cinta” by Seno Gumira Ajidarma—