Tiamat - Too Far Gone

12. Too Far Gone

I've been through all of this a million times before
Seems all my demons got me knocking on hell's door
I know it's too late to regret what I have done
But I still love you like the morning loves the sun

Too far gone to see the light
And I will never ever leave this place alive
Too far gone to see the light
No I will never ever leave this place alive

I guess it's fair to say that this round is on me
Caribbean blue has turned to blackest misery
I've put a velvet cloth on everything we've done
But I still love you like a bullet loves the gun

Telah kulalui berkali-kali

Bayangan mengarahku ke pintu durjana

Kutahu terlambat untuk kusesali

Masih kucinta bagai pagi merindu suria

Terlalu jauh untuk kembali

Tak mungkin kulepas selamat dari sini

Terlalu jauh untuk melihat cahaya

Tak mungkin kubebas dari bencana

Mungkin hanya adil untukku

Namun masih kucinta dirimu

Seperti panah rindukan busurnya.

The Concept of the Mask

no one seems to grasp the concept of the mask




extras:

1. Evey: Who -- Who are you?
2. V: Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V. And you would be?

1. V: There are no coincidences, only the illusion of coincidences.

1. V: There is no certainty, only opportunity.

1. Evey: My father was a writer. You would've liked him. He used to say that artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

1. Creedy: Die! Die! Why won't you die?
2. V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh Mr Creedy.
3. V: Beneath this mask there is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.

1. Deitrich: You wear a mask for so long you forget who you were beneath it.

Tujuan Perjalanan Habuan Perjuangan

"Sebuah perjalanan harus ada tujuan. Sebuah perjuangan harus ada habuan. Daku hanyalah insan biasa, bertanyakan suatu yang sesuai dengan pemikiran orang-orang biasa".

"Awang, janganlah kau menganggap kami tidak kenal siapa engkau. Tidak pernah sebarang kelakuanmu terlepas dari pandangan kami di pulau ini. Dan tiada yang biasa dalam perkataanmu, apatah lagi tentang hal sepenting ini. Ada batasnya untuk seseorang merendah diri!"

"Tuan terlalu memandang tinggi padaku, tetapi ianya tidaklah menjawab persoalan yang daku kemukakan. Daku sendiri mempunyai orang tua yang sudah uzur, dan anak buah yang masih kecil. Mereka akan mengalami sedikit sebanyak kesukaran sepanjang ketiadaanku, sekiranya daku menyertai rombongan ini. Dan daku pasti anak muda yang lain juga ada tanggungan masing-masing pada keluarga mereka."

"Kami penghuni pulau ini semuanya berdarah pahlawan. Kami tidak minta ganjaran ke atas khidmat kami sebagai pejuang. Mengapa kau harus meminta-minta sedangkan peluang untuk berjalan dan berjuang adalah suatu hadiah yang kami nanti-nantikan?"

"Benar katamu, merendah diri ada batasnya! Setiap tahun anak-anak muda pulau ini mengembara ke Tanah Besar mencari sebuah harga diri, dan setiap rombongan yang melawat dan membawa mereka pergi dari pulau ini membawa hadiah dan saguhati untuk keluarga yang ditinggalkan. Ia tidak pernah diminta tetapi semua mengharapkannya, atau adakah daku tidak bercakap benar?"

"Sudah! Awang, jangan kau terlalu celupar. Kami tidak pernah meminta apa-apa mahupun mengharapkan imbuhan dari orang lain.
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OR
Awang made Zeratul say it. And advising him along the conversation/argument.

Quote: Someone Else's Sun

Faithful Man and Useful Servant of God

well, that's my motto. and my fav quote is this : It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me. And what I do in life, echoes in eternity. And, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Where did I get that? Actually I can't remember till I watch The 13th Warrior, again.

• Across seas of monsters and forests of demons we traveled. Praise be to Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate. May His blessing be upon Pagan Men: Who loved other Gods, who shared their food, and shed their blood. That his servant, Ahmed ibn Fahdlan, might become a man, and a useful servant of God.

"A FAITHFUL PERSON is trustworthy and reliable. Some people make faithfulness a hallmark of their human relationships, but the faithfulness that matters most is the faithfulness we show towards God."

Many people, and my guess, Most People, will interpret FAITHFUL as being honest in relationship. That is not wrong. However, there is more to it. Faithful here comes from the word FAITH. In Malay we call it IMAN, and faithful means BERIMAN. Faithful man is a man who obey his God, any time, any place, any situation. That is what I mean by faithful man. Between man and his God.

And Useful Servant of God.
People will easily interpret this as being a pious and religious man. Someone who always fulfill his obligation to God, and make ibadat a lot. But as always, I like to twist the mind of others, to squeeze their brains, to mock their simple and streamlined thinking.

But no, what I mean here is, someone who is useful to other mankind. To his society. Servant of God simply means that he is a humble people, he is, after all, even if he did GREAT service, just a servant of God. He can the minister or king, or public worker, or anyone, but he need to offer his service to make him useful to others. 
Say (O Muhammad ﷺ): “I am only a man”

Now I know my English is terrible. Let me go back to the purpose of this post.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah yes, the quotes from The 13th Warrior!

Lo there do I see my father, Lo there do I see my mother, my Sisters and my brothers , Lo there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.

• Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, and have not said; all we ought to have done, and have not done; I pray thee God for forgiveness.

• The All-Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing.

Buliwyf: You can draw sounds?

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: "Draw sounds"? Yes, I can draw sounds... and I can speak them back.

Buliwyf: Show me.

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: (writing in the dirt) There is only one God, and Mohammad is his prophet.

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: (Ahmed is given a Viking sword) I cannot lift this.

Herger the Joyous: Grow stronger!

[Herger kills one of the Prince's henchmen in a sham duel]

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: You! You could have killed him at will!

Herger the Joyous: Yes?

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Well, why the deception?

Herger the Joyous: Deception is the point! Any fool can calculate strength. That one has been doing it since we arrived. Now he has to calculate what he can't see.

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: And fear... what he doesn't know. [Herger makes a head-smacking gesture]

Buliwyf: As you say, foolish. And expensive. We will miss Angus tonight; we will miss his sword.

Buliwyf: I have only these hands. I will die a pauper.

King Hrothgar: You will be buried as a king.

Buliwyf: A man might be thought wealthy if someone were to...draw the story of his deeds, that they may be remembered.

Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: Such a man might be thought wealthy indeed.

Tentang Tuhan ex

"Aku percaya nasib manusia ditentukan oleh diri mereka sendiri"

"Oh, benarkah begitu? Khabarkan padaku, pernahkah kau mengalami keadaan di mana kau sendiri tidak berupaya berbuat apa-apa tentangnya? Pernahkah kau hanyut di lautan dan tidak berdaya lagi untuk berenang? Pernahkah kau tersadai di padang pasir tanpa setitik air dan tidak lagi berupaya walau merangkak? Kemudiannya kau diselamatkan?"

"Mereka diselamatkan oleh nasib baik yang menimpa ke atas mereka"

"Hanyalah munasabah 'nasib baik' yang sama juga yang menciptakan alam ini, semua lautan dan daratan. Dia yang menguasai dan mentadbirnya. Umumnya, 'nasib baik' yang kau maksudkan itu dipanggil Tuhan".

"Kami percaya Tuhan yang Maha Hebat hanyalah satu. Namun rakyat negara ini ada menjadikannya dua atau tiga atau berbilang-bilang. Mereka juga mereka pelbagai gambaran untuk Tuhan mereka. Namun lebih malang lagi ada juga yang tidak percaya kewujudan Tuhan".

"Tuan menjemput bencana sekiranya membicarakan hal ini di depan umum. Tuan tentunya maklum Raja Adelar adalah pengikut kuat Tuhan 'cahaya', iaitu Tuhan yang baik, dan menentang Tuhan 'kegelapan', Tuhan  yang 'jahat'".

"Anak muda, kau juga mentertawakan mereka, lebih baik kau juga jaga lidahmu di depan mereka"

"Hahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahaha Hahahahahahahahahaha"

Risalah Permulaan - AAT

Risalah Permulaan - Mukadimah - Muqaddam.
Pembuka Ayat-ayat Tuhan. Fatihah-Fatah.

"Engkau inginkan pencerahan atau penambahan dari yang sedia ketahui?"

"Pencerahan? Tindakan yang tepat, kerana aku akan menghadiahkan penambahan untukmu, sebagai hadiah".

"Dengan nama Tuhan yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Mengasihani".
"Segala puji-pujian kepada Tuhan yang memelihara dan mentadbir sekalian alam".

"Bagaimana sekiranya seseorang itu tidak bertuhan?"

"Di golongan manakah engkau berada?"

"Sahabat baikku mengatakan aku tidak bertuhan..."

"Tetapi jauh di sudut hatimu menidakkannya bukan?"

"Beginilah, peneyelesaian yang mudah untukmu. Anggap saja Tuhan yang Maha Menguasai itu wujud. Lebih mudah bagimu untuk memahami Risalah Permulaan ini. Kau mahu atau tidak?"