Favorite Nasyid

Flowers Are Red

Album : Allah Knows (zain bhikha)
Munsyid : Dawud Wharnsby Ali
http://liriknasyid.com

A little boy went first day at school
He got some crayons and he started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
The teacher said, "What you doing' young man?"
"I'm painting' flowers see" 
"Well this is not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one" 
And she said...
"Flowers are red
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen "
But the little boy said...
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one" 
Well the teacher said… "You're sassy
There's a way that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me..."
she said...
"Flowers are red 
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen "
But the little boy said again...
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one" 
Well the teacher put him in a corner
She said… "It's for your own good…
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
responding like you should"
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to that teacher
And this is what he said 
"Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen" 

Well time went by like it always does
he moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smiling'
She said..."Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's paint every one" 
that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him "why"
This is what he said.. 
"Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen."
But there must still be a way to have our children say,
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

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Waktu denger nasyid ini untuk pertama kalinya langsung berpikir...wah, mjj tenan kie...kalau didengerin ma guru yang konservatif kayak yang diceritain di nasyidnya...heheeh

Terus aku dengerin berulang-ulang, aku kasih tau ke PJnya penelitian Nuansa, langsung deh dia suka, ahahai!

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Sing Children Of The World

Album : 
Munsyid : Dawud Wharnsby Ali
http://liriknasyid.com

Walking through the crowded streets of a market in morocco
Sitting on a smiling camel in the deserts of Arabia

Chasing round the bamboo trees of ban do, Indonesia
Gathering brightly colored leaves in a forest of Canada

Napping neath the date palm shade under blue skies of Tunisia
Sweeping out his parents shop on a side street in Pakistan

Planting rows of beans and maize on a small farm in Uganda
Laying back to count the stars from somewhere in Afghanistan

Oooooh sing children of the world
Come together and hear the call
Sing children of the world
Islam will unite us all

Sing children of the world
Come together and hear the call
Sing children of the world
Islam will unite us all

Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallaahu akbar
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallaahu akbar

Splashing through the pouring rain in a village of guyana
Nibbling cakes from picnic plates on a mountaintop in switzerland

Tending to a flock of sheep down under in Australia
Greeting morning with a prayer on a golden Egyptian sand

Oooooh sing children of the world
Come together and hear the call
Sing children of the world
Islam will unite us all

Sing children of the world
Come together and hear the call
Sing children of the world
Islam will unite us all

Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallaahu akbar
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallaahu akbar

Crying himself to sleep, with no hope left for dreaming
Begging in the burning sun, holding out her hand

Palms held tightly on his ears to muffle all the screaming
Sitting where her house once stood, trying hard to understand

See the children of the world
All the children of the world
Sing for the children of the world
Pray for the children for the world

Sing children of the world
Come together and hear the call
Sing children of the world
Islam will unite us all

Sing children of the world
Come together and hear the call
Sing children of the world
Islam will unite us all

Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallaahu akbar
Subhanallah, walhamdulillah, wallaahu akbar

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wah...ternyata Sing Children of the World itu punya versi panjang...owow...suka!!!

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nasyidnya ada di playlist *eh, klo berhasil uploadnya yah, haha*

the Mysterious Benedict Society

Rating:	★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Childrens Books
Author:	Treton Lee Stewart

cerita petualangan...apalagi agak ke'rahasia-rahasia'an gini...langsung lah aku tertarik untuk membelinya, hehe...
Waktu itu, aku gak sengaja pengen ke Toga Mas (maksudnya gak sengaja?) lha iya, awalnya aku ke Jogja tuh bingung mau langsung ke kos apa ke kampus dulu, nah ya akhirnya pilih ke kos, naik angkot yang ternyata lewat depan Toga Mas, ya udah turun aja deh walo belum nyampe kos...pas di Toga Mas ternyata lagi ada pameran buku...hua! T_T duit mepet gini euuyyy...tapi mau!!!
Kemudian aku nonton, bolak-balik buku...keliling-keliling...dan mataku tertumbuk pada satu buku (bener-bener cuman satu coy) baca judul, lalu baca ringkasan di cover belakang, liat gambar cover...hem, ada kata-kata misterinya, pasti seru niy...ya udah, karena cuman ada satu langsung sambar menuju ke kasir.
Waktu nunggu bukunya disampul aku ngeliat buku-buku yang lain dengan muka pengen, ih! gak bilang-bilang sih klo ada pameran (ato aku yang kuper yak).
akhirnya, aku pulang membawa buku yang lumayan tebel ini, tapi ternyata ringan, haha...dan baru sampai di halaman 191, dari 574 halaman...tapi aku keburu pengen nulis di sini je...ya udah, istirahat baca lalu ngetik, hhoho (gak jelas abis)...
buat lebih jelas ada di http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Benedict_Society , hohoho...malah tambah gj deh -_-u


yah, singkatnya..seorang anak bernama Reynard "Reynie" Muldoon bersama George "Sticky" Washington, Kate Wetherall, dan Constance Contraire mendapat tugas dari Nicholas Benedict untuk menjadi agen mata-mata ke sebuah institut yang didirikan oleh Ledroptha Curtain yang ternyata adalah saudara kembar dari Mr. Benedict (tapi aku lom baca bagian itu, haha).
Keempat anak itu dipilih karena mereka memiliki kesamaan...sama-sama lulus dari tes yang `tidak biasa`, sama-sama berbakat, sama-sama masih anak-anak, dan sama-sama sendiri...mereka merupakan anak yatim piatu (dan anak yang kabur dari rumah). yap ^^

Akhirnya, aku menyelesaikan membaca buku ini pada pukul 1 pagi hari Selasa (14 Juli 2009), hoho...kesimpulannya?
hem, bagi anak-anak, buku ini sangat bagus, dan seru...!
bagiku, lumayan mendebarkan, agak bingung sih dengan penerjemahannya tapi oke...
tapi mungkin, bagi pembaca dewasa pada umumnya, buku ini aneh dan tak menarik, hem,,,mungkin...sih

pengen balik lagi ke pameran itu! harus...

jadi mirip `plurk` yah..quick note ini.. (thinking)