The Story of Heart and Dagger

The man thought he had loved the girl with all his heart. He expected her to love him with all her heart, as he did. He wanted to have her heart, holding it and disclose in his chest. Finally, a dagger became his choice, a dagger which tore her chest, for keeping her heart in his chest. However, he did not know that death had claimed his heart.

Nando, that's how people call him, a simple man who had good looking and good attitude at his behavior. Indeed he was not from the rich family, everybody liked him. He just had his heart which would be given to people who need his love and a dagger. This dagger always helped him to work and get the money, to provide for his daily life. But unfortunately, Nando seems he had fallen in love with the wrong girl, or he was wrong to love a girl.

The girl’s appearance had lured Nando's heart. A beautiful girl with sweet smile and proportional body made him fell in love with her. Nando met Rasmi about a month ago. It made Nando become more enthusiastic in his life that was still quite long. Nando deservedly got married, because he had reached 26 years old. But alas, his heart could be not captivated of a girl yet. On the other hand, he also realized how his life circumstances. He was not as same as other men, who could drive a car or ride stylish motorcycle and fashionable. He was just a simple man who wanted to be his ownself.

"Are you from heaven? You are so beautiful. May I know your name? ", this sentence came out as the start of his introduction with Rasmi. "You are kidding, I'm just a girl from the next village. Well, my name Rasmini. You can call me Rasmi, what about you? ", the girl held out her hand as she smiled. "I am Nando", he just froze did not say anymore. An unexpected response came from a 22-year-old girl. Rasmi wanted to talk with him. Rasmi was a girl from a neighbor village. She was so gracious and she could charm anyone seeing her. One thing, Rasmi was a daughter from a high-level family. She had so many obsessions with her own high-ego, but she was very friendly to everyone.

Through that introduction, Nando frequently visited his neighboring village, for sellinghis products, being a carpenter, and doing various jobs. His dagger always accompanied him whenever and wherever he was. The relationship between Rasmi and Nando was not just a friend. It could be said is more intimate than a friendship. However, there were to many differences between them. Maybe it could be said the relationship between ‘the cassava-man’ and ‘the cheese-girl’. But, all of these had no meaning anymore for Nando. He did not care what he had been heard. He only had a purpose to get Rasmi’s heart and love. It cause he became harder to work. It just showed that he is capable to reach his dream. He wanted to prove that he was not a loser. His obsession never appropriate with the circumstances.

He didn’t care how much money he had put out, how much dedication he did, how much work he had done just to prove his ability and his obsession. But is it enough for a girl like Rasmi who filled with many the crazy desire? Even Nando knew if he should lose and sacrifice too many things. That's to show how he does love her.

Nando wore a shirt with a tie in his neck. Black pants with a pair of new-black shoes looked very harmonious. Everything had been prepared, a red rose was clutched in his hand. Nando didn’t forget to bring his dagger and tucked it in his back, under his white shirt. Nando think it was the right day to tell his love for a girl, like what was on the calendar said. Nando came to the Rasmi’s house. He planed to invite Rasmi to have dinner with him as a reason for him to reveal his heart and his feeling. Fortunately, Rasmi did not reject it. She dressed-up as soon as possible. There was no harm as she got a free-dinner invitation. Rasmi looked so pretty wearing a gown given by Nando few weeks ago.

They went to a Restaurant in the city. Although Nando only rode an old-motorcycle, Rasmi looked so enthusiastic. Suddenly, Nando stopped his motorcycle near with the cemetery. A sentence that came from his lips, " I want your heart, your sincere love of yours!". It was been so long Nand stood and looked at Rasmi. "I had been done many things for you, as a sign of my love. Would you want be my girlfriend? ", Nando continued. Hearing this sentence, Rasmi just stared, then she replied. "No! I never loved you at all! What can you give to me? Do you want to give me just a love? Or you want to give me your rusted dagger, the only one of your treasure? ". That's the words pierced ears Nando and hurt his heart. How a girl who he loved could said it. Is it possible if Rasmi give her love for Nando, or she wanted to get everything of Nando’s? And in fact she never loved him as like as he loved her.

Suddenly, Nando took his dagger from his back, behind his shirt. Rasmi was very surprised and tried to run. But as soon as possible, Nando hold her hand. "What would you do Nando? Do not be crazy, Nando!", shouted Rasmi.

"My heart and my love, I give you with sincerity, wishing you love and have it. And this dagger is only a tool for me to prove how much I love you. I bring this dagger is not to hurt you, or kill you. I want to use it to protect you if someone intends evil against you "

"Rasmi,. Please, accept my heart and my dagger that I brought, because this is the only treasure I had. I just want you will be mine and I can love you with my heart. I hope you also do the same. I want your heart will be mine. I want to keep it in my chest and my heart is just for you store in your chest. " Nando said gently to Rasmi. "No! I never loved you Nando, you are nothing. Who are you? What thing you do you have to love me? ", Rasmi began feel fear in front of Nando. Nando answered her calmly, "Well Rasmi if it's your choice. I know that I'm not going to buy your heart with gold and diamond, because I can’t. But I will try to take it by my own. I will prove that I can have your heart now. "

"Please, if you can take and have my heart." Unnoticed by Risma, she was wrong about those words. She thought that it was impossible if Nando could have and get her heart, because she had never loved Nando. However, it was contrast in Nando’s thought. Nando wanted to have the real heart of Rasmi. Nando had moved the dagger into the right hand, preparing to put it into his back.

Nando thought that he had loved Rasmi with all his heart. And he expected Rasmi love him with all her heart also, as he did. He wanted to have her heart, holding it and disclose in the recesses of his chest. Finally, a dagger became his choice, a dagger that ripped Rasmi’s chest to get Rasmi’s heart and save it on Nando’s chest. The red rose was given to Rasmi. The red rose as read as the blood which flew from Rasmi’s chest. However, Nando was wrong because the death grabbed his heart before he put Rasmi’s heart in his chest. No chest could save Rasmi’s heart. No one had it, it just lying on the ground. But, Nando’s heart was ready to jump from his chest which had been torn by his own dagger.

CERITA TENTANG HATI DAN BELATI ( A STORY OF HEART, LOVE AND DAGGER versi Indonesia)

CERITA TENTANG HATI DAN BELATI

A STORY OF HEART, LOVE AND DAGGER.

Lelaki itu menganggap ia telah mencintai gadis itu dengan sepenuh hati. Dan ia mengharapkan gadis itu membalas cintanya dan mungkin mencintainya dengan sepenuh hati pula, seperti yang ia lakukan. Ia ingin memiliki hati gadis itu, menggenggamnya dan menyimpanya dalam relung dadanya. Hingga akhirnya belati menjadi pilihannya. Belati yang merobek dada gadis, untuk menyimpan hatinya di dada lelaki itu. namun, sesungguhnya ia tak tahu. Bahwa ajal itu telah merenggut hatinya.

Pandangan gadis itu telah memikat hati seorang pria. Pandangan mata yang tajam dari seorang gadis dan senyumnya yang manis tealh membuat seorang lelaki jatuh hati kepadanya. Nando, begitulah orang memanggil lelaki itu, pria sederhana namun memiliki ketampanan di tingkah lakunya. Memang ia bukan dari kalangan yang berpunya, harta yang ia miliki adalah hatinya yang ingin diberikan kepada orang yang membutuhkan cinta dan sebuah belati. Belati yang selalu menemaninya bekerja, untuk menafkahi hidupnya sehari-hari. Namun sayang, Nando sepertinya ia telah jatuh cinta kepada gadis yang salah, atau dia yang salah mencintai seorang gadis.

            Perkenalannya dengan Rasmi sekitar sebulan yang lalu membuat Nando menjadi lebih bersemangat dalam melanjutkan hidupnya yang masih cukup panjang. Nando sudah sepantasnya menikah, karena umurnya telah mencapai 26 tahun. Namun apa daya, hatinya belum bisa terpikat hati seorang gadis. Di lain pihak, ia juga sadar bagaimana keadaan hidupnya. Ia tidak seperti lelaki lain, yang bisa mengendarai mobil atau motor yang stylish dan fashionable. Ia hanyalah lelaki sederhana, hanya menjadi dirinya sendiri.

“Hai, are you from heaven? You are so beautiful. May I know your name?”, kalimat inilah tterucap saat Nando memulai perkenalannya. “Don’t lie, aku hanya gadis dari desa sebelah. Baiklah, namaku Rasmini. You can call me Rasmi, how about you?”, gadis itu mengulurkan tangannya sembari tersenyum. “I am Nando”, ia hanya terpaku tak berkata lagi. Sebuah respon yang tak disangka dari seorang gadis berumur 22 tahun. Rasmi adalah gadis dari desa tetangga. Ia begitu anggun dan mempesona /pesona siapapun yang meihatnya. Satu hal yang perlu diketahui, Rasmi adalah seorang anak dari keluarga terpandang. Ia memiliki obsesi dan ego yang sangat tinggi, namun ia sangatlah ramah pada semua orang.

Melalui perkenalan itulah, Nando semakin sering mengunjungi desa tetangganya. Untuk menjual hasil kebun, menjadi tukang, dan melakukan berbagai pekerjaan. Tentunya, belatinya selalu menemaninya kapanpun dan dimanapun. Hubungan antara nando dan rasmi semakin baik saja. Bisa dikatakan semakin mesra. Akan tetapi, perbedaan antara mereka sangatlah banyak. Mungkin bisa dikatakan lelaki singkong dan gadis keju. Begitu jauhnya jarak antara mereka. Namun itu semua taidak berarti apa-apa lagi bagi Nando. Ia tidak peduli  dengan apa yang ia dengar, ia hanya memiliki sebuah tujuan untyuk mendapatkan hati dari seorang Rasmi. Inilah membuat ia semakin giat bekerja. Hanya untuk bisa menunjukkan bahwa dia mampu dan bukanlah seorang pecundang. Sebuah obsesi yang tidak pernah sesuai dengan keadaannya.

Berapa banyak uang telah ia keluarkan, berapa banyak pula pengabdian yang ia lakukan, berapa banyak pekerjaan telah ia kerjakan hanya  untuk membuktikan kemampuannya dan obsesinya. Namun apakah itu cukup untuk seorang gadis seperti Rasmi itu? yang penuh dengan segala keinginan gilanya. sekalipun Nando mengetahui jika ia harus kehilangan dan mengorbankan banyak hal. Itu karena how he do love her.

Nando wore a shirt with a tie in his neck. Black pants with a pair of new-black shoes looked very serasi. Segala sesuatu telah Nando persiapkan, setangkai mawar merah tergenggam di tangannya. Tidak lupa nando menyelipkan belatinya di punggungnya, di bawah kemeja putihnya. Nando berfikir hari itu adalah hari tepat untuik melamar seorang gadis, seperti apa yang terpampang di kalender.

Dengan langkah pasti Nando memasuki rumah Rasmi. Ia berencana mengajak Rasmi pergi untuk dinner bersamanya untuk ia bisa mengungkapkan isi hatinya. Rasmi pun tidak menolaknya. tidak ada salahnya pula karena mendapat undangan makan malam gratis. Rasmi tampak begitu cantik menggunakan gaun yang diberikan Nando beberapa minggu lalu.

Akhirnya mereka ke sebuah restorant di kota. Walu hanya mengendarai old motorcycle, Rasmi terlihat begitu antusias. Tiba-tiba Nando menghentikan sepeda motornya di persimpanagn dekat kuburan. Sebuah kalimat yang terucap dari bibir seorang Seorang, “:Aku ingin hatimu, cintamu yang tulus!”.  Sudah terlalu lama nando berdiri dan menatap Rasmi. “Telah banyak yang aklu lakukan untukmu, sebagai tanda cintaku. Maukah kamu menjadi kekasihku?”, sambung Nando. Mendengar kalimat itu, Rasmi hanya bengong lalu dengan lancing ia menjawab. “Tidak! Aku tidak pernah mencintaimu sama sekali! Apa yang bisa kamu berikan untukku? Apa cinta yang kau berikan? Atau belati berkaratmu itu akan kau berikan sebagai mas kawinmu?”. Itulah kata-kata yang menusuk telinga Nando. Bagaimana mungkin seorang yang ia cintai mengatakan hal seperti itu. Apakah mungkin Rasmi memberikan cintanya kepada Nando selama ini, atau hanya memanfaatkan apa yang dimiliki oleh nando? Dan ternyata gadis itu tidak pernah mencintainya seperti ia mencintai gadis itu.

Tiba-tiba nando mengeluarkan belatinya dari balik bajunya. Rasmi sangat terkejut, hendak berlari. Namun secepat kilat pula Nando memegang tangannya. “Apa yang ingin kamu lakukan Nando? Jangan berpikiran gila nando!” teriak Rasmi.

“Hati dan Cinta ini kuberikan dengan ikhlas, berharap engkau mencintai dan memilikinya. Dan belati ini, mungkin hanya sebatas alat untukku membuktikan betapa aku mencintaimu. Belati ini kubawakan bukan untuk melukaimu, atau membunuhmu. Aku ingin menggunakannya untuk melindungimu jika ada orang bermaksud jahat terhadapmu”

“Rasmi terimalah hati dan belati yang kubawa, karena hanya inilah harta yang kumiliki. Aku hanya ingin memilkimu dan mencintaimu, dan berharap kamu juga melakukan hal yang sama. Hatimu ingin kumiliki untuk kusimpan di dadaku, dan hatiku untuk kau simpan di dadamu.” dengan lembut Nando berkata pada Rasmi. “Tidak! Aku tak pernah mencintaimu Nando, kamu bukanlah apa-apa. Tahu diri donk, siapa dirimu. Apa yang kamu punya untuk mencintaiku?”, Rasmi mulai ketakutan di depan Nando. Degan tenang pula Nando menjawabnya, “Baiklah Rasmi jika itu memang pilihanmu. Aku tak akan membeli hatimu dengan emas berlian, akan tetapi aku sendiri akan berusaha mengambilnya. Untuk kumiliki”.

“Silakan, jika kau bisa memilki hatiku”. Tanpa disadari oleh Risma, ia salah mengenai perkataan itu. Ia berpikir bahwa tidak mungkin Nando bisa memiliki hatinya, karena ia tak pernah mencintai Nando. Namun, berbeda dengan apa yang ada dipikiran Nando. Nando telah memindahkan belatinya ke tangan kanan, bersiap memasukkan kembali ke punggungnya.

Nando menganggap ia telah mencintai Rasmi dengan sepenuh hati. Dan ia mengharapkan Rasmi membalas cintanya dan mungkin mencintainya dengan sepenuh hati pula, seperti yang ia lakukan. Ia ingin memiliki hati gadis itu, menggenggamnya dan menyimpanya dalam relung dadanya. Hingga akhirnya belati menjadi pilihannya. belati yang merobek dada Rasmi untuk didapatkannya hati itu agar bisa menyimpan hati Rasmi di dadanya. Nando ingin mempersembahkan setangkai mawar merah, mawar merah semerah darah, semerah darah yang mengalir dari dada Rasmi. Namun, Nando salah ternyata ajal lebih dahulu merenggut hatinya, dan hati Rasmi tak ada di dada siapapun juga,tak ada yang memiliki, hanya tergeletak di atas tanah, dan hati Nando telah siap meloncat dari dadanya yang telah robek oleh belatinya sendiri.