LIFE IS A JOURNEY: POEM; HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES / 2014 target

He had such quiet eyes
She did not realise
They were two pools of lies
Layered with thinnest ice
To her, those quiet eyes LYING/DECEIT
Were breathing desolate sighs
Imploring her to be nice
And to render him paradise

If only she'd been wise
And had listened to the advice
Never to compromise REGRET/REMORSE
With pleasure-seeking guys
She'd be free from "the hows and whys"

Now here's a bit of advice
Be sure that nice really means nice
Then you'll never be losing at dice ADVICE
Though you may lose your heart once or twice

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He had such quiet eyes - Looks innocent / Nampak baik

She did not realise - The girl unaware / budak perempuan tu tak sedar@perasan

They were two pools of lies - that the man actually a liar / yang lelaki itu sebenarnya penipu

Layered with thinnest ice - Because of the layer of his eyes, looks cool as a real nice man! / sebab dilapisi oleh kedinginan ais@ sejuk mata memandang dia tu

To her, those quiet eyes
Were breathing desolate sighs
- She looks at him loneliness with sympathy, like really lonely and need care and attention / Bagi budak perempuan tu, mata lelaki tu minta
dikasihani, terasing,perlukan perhatian, jagaan dan kasih sayang

Desolate = Depressed

Imploring her to be nice - which attract her to do nice thing for him / seperti memujuk dia untuk buat baik/berlembut hati

Imploring = Begging

And to render him paradise - until she fell into his tricky ecstasy and caught in trouble / hingga terpedaya dan ditimpa masalah

If only she'd been wise - If she clever by not believe in a man blindly, she will not been betrayed by him / Kalau lah dia bijak

And had listened to the advice - And listened to the advice told by old / Dan dengan nasihat orang tua-tua

Never to compromise - not to easily follow / obey or render / supaya tak mudah bertolak-ansur dan menyerahkan diri

With pleasure-seeking guys - with a playboy / dengan lelaki gatal@penipu

She'd be free from "the hows and whys"
- for sure she will be safe from hassle and bad conditions & will not asking why she'd being cheated / Mesti dia akan selamat/bebas drpd segala yang tidak diingini dan tidak akan tanya kenapa dia ditipu

Now here's a bit of advice - Now an advice / sekarang ada satu nasihat kecil

Be sure that nice really means nice - Make sure nice is really nice / Pastikan baik tu betul2 baik/bukan pura-pura baik

Here, meaning, 1) 'be careful before getting involved in a relationship with a man'
2) 'knowing him well'
3) 'can differentiate bet. sincere and falsehood

Then you'll never be losing at dice = So, you will never defeat or regret / Jadi, kamu tak akan menyesal dan kalah dalam perjudian ini

4) Eventually you will get the right man though you may lose your heart a few times before that

Though you may lose your heart once or twice
- Even you would get heartbroken, its okay
compared to being cheated by shrewd guy
/ Tak mengapa kamu putus cinta beberapa kali / berbanding ditipu dan
diperdaya oleh lelaki tak guna itu

Teacher uses simple term so you can understand better Okay!

Moral values;