Chysogonus' Translation #76 - from Gail Hennessy's "Muhammed Ali"

Muhammed Ali

kau tak akan melawan

mereka yang tak kau benci

bagi mereka yang membencimu

sehingga …

kau menari dalam kata-kata

bagai burung dalam sangkar

yang pandai bernyanyi

you would not fight

those you did not hate

for those who hated you

 and so …

 you danced with words

like a caged bird

who knew how to sing