I rushed to my small toy keyboard.
Although it sounds a lil bit silly --> a 9 year old Yon shows interest in these kind of songs.
Yes the fact is I did.and I still am..
The beauty of a song captivates my small untamed heart.
What the song meant to me?
I'll keep it to myself.
And the rest is history,
Then..after a few years..
I heard this song again.
As a soundtrack for Yasmin Ahmad's movie.
I gave the numb-look.
Thank you Yasmin.
For reminding..
For reminiscing..
Here's the song for her.
Dedicated for her.
As she passed away..we lost a great Malaysian who loves her country and proud to be one.
"Yasmin Ahmad,ne me quitte pas,.."
But yet,she's gone.
And will never be forgotten.
NE ME QUITTE PAS (DON'T LEAVE ME)
If you go away on this summer's day,
Then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new and our hearts were high
When the day was young and the nights were long
And the moon stood still for the night bird's song
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
But if you stay, I'll make you a day
Like no day has been, or will be again
We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain
And talk to the trees and worship the wind
But if you go, I'll understand
Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
If you go, as I know you will
You must tell the world to stop turning
Till you return again, if you ever do,
For what good is love without loving you?
Can I tell you now, as you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly till the next hello
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
But if you stay, I'll make you a night
Like no night has been, or will be again
I'll sail on your smile, I'll ride on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much
But if you go, I won't cry
Though the good is gone from the word goodbye
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
If you go away, as I know you must
There is nothing left in this world to trust
Just an empty room, full of empty space
Like the empty look I see on your face
I'd have been the shadow of your shadow
If you might have kept me by your side
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
sang by Jacques Brel.
Her mainstream films.
* Rabun (My Failing Eyesight) (2003)
* Sepet (Chinese Eye) (2004)
* Gubra (Anxiety) (2006)
* Mukhsin (2007)
* Muallaf (The Convert) (2008)
* Talentime (2009)
coming soon, "Wasurenagusa".
The title itself means "Forget-Me-Not".
Coincindental with her death..It seems like she's asking,Forget Me Not.
At least I knew, I won't.
Oh..and I've read before that she wants to use this certain song in Wasurenagusa.
And after Wasurenagusa,seems like she's ready for a new film.
It's called "Go,Thaddeus!".
It's based on a true story of Singaporean athletes.
I'm not sure whether she's filming Go Thaddeus! first or Wasurenagusa.
Either one..both will be great films.
I got a synopsis on Wasurenagusa,though.
Here it is..
" Inom is a 17-year old Malay girl who lost her parents in an accident in her infanthood. She lives with her only living relative—her 80-year old grandmother who is Japanese, and very wealthy.
Presently, her grandmother, Hamida, is on her deathbed. Feeling sorry for her granddaughter, Hamida asks her to take out an old Japanese lacquer box from inside an old chest.
She holds her granddaughter`s hands tightly and says, "Everything I have, I leave to you. And everything you need to know about my past is contained in this box. After I`m gone, take this box to a little village called Saigou. There you will meet the family. They are farmers. The father of that household is called Yusuke. His mother was my cousin. The last I heard from Yusuke was that he became a father, right before you were born. Take this box to Yusuke, and when he opens it, he will know what to do."
A few days later, Hamida dies. Inom visits her relatives in Japan after her grandma has passed away. There she meets her distant cousin, Msaharu, and soon falls in love.
But he doesn’t like her open behavior, part of her strong Malay culture. Neither does his family. Only the neighborhood children and animals like her.
One day, when a horse in the family is having difficulty giving birth, she suddenly whispers to the horse, and miraculously, the baby is born safely.
Masaharu happens to hear Inom talking in the bathroom. He looks through a hole and finds that she`s talking to the birds. She wears only a thin bath cloth around her. He holds his breath to see her beauty and finally runs away.
From that day onwards, he avoids her even more. One night at dinner, Inom tells the whole family that she loves Masaharu. He says he doesn’t feel the same.
She is hurt and so she packs secretly and leaves them. Masaharu, realizing she is gone, feels such a panic that he takes a horse out to chase after her. But he isn’t able to catch up with the train. Later that day the family talks about how crazy Inom was and laughs about her. Except Masaharu. He quietly leaves for his room. He takes out a pen and a piece of paper to write a letter, but halfway through, he stops and lowers his head sadly."
“無” on the tomb means:-
Before human come to this world, this world is without his existence; so when he died, this world is also without his existence. So in this world, “空Empty” and “有to have” can’t be separate. ( How can a Nothing (No Thing) ever be a Thing at the same time )
The meaning of “Wu” , it means “無我”。無=Nothing， 我=Myself
“無我”that take out the “persistent”, then it brings to “大” 。大=wide, like the sky.
When comes to “大”, everything becomes “平等equal”
Then it will brings to “空Empty” and “有to have” 。
After that, what we have to do is “利他” = altruistic.
I will Forget You Not,Yasmin Ahmad.By reading the meaning of the word carved on the tomb itself had thrown me into sorrow..
Hmm..
Muallaf, and the upcoming Wasurenagusa and Go Thaddeus!. Fans are going to be in for such a treat!
I hope her unfinished films will all come out.
Someone just please..continue and finish whatever she hasn't finished yet.
Thank you.
God bless you.Yasmin Ahmad.
July 1, 1958 - July 24, 2009
Al-Fatihah..
Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat dari Allah.
by Yon Yusuff.
silent.
