The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Malim Nawar
Batu Gajah

I will arise and go now,

and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there,

of clay and wattles made;
Nine beans rows will I have there,

a hive of honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there,

for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning

to where the crikets sing;
There midnights's all a glimmer,

and noon a purple glow,
An evening full of the linnet's wings.

I will rise and go now,

for always night and day,
I hear lake water lapping

with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway,

or on the pavements gray,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
(Yeats, 1892)

Gambar di atas: K ambil semasa lawatan ke kolam bekas lombong di Malim Nawar.

Gambar bawah: Aku ambil masa singgah di kebun sayur kawan K. Kami sekeluarga ke Kampung Gajah dan yang paling gembira ialah Khal kerana dapat buah terong dan betik free serta tengok beratus itik telur berwarna putih berenang di tasik sebelah.

Kawan ni tinggal bersama isteri dan dua orang anak yang masih kecil, jiran terdekat mungkin 2-3 km dan kena guna generator nak dapat letrik. Tempat ni di tepi jalan tapi agak terpencil.