Manira /Damar Scouts

Episode 71

Short episode version of the novel “Senandung HOMESU under the Broken Moon Wings”

Damar Jurors

By: Elmira Arasy Rahman

Episode 71

One of the most Manira wants to visit in this place is the largest book exhibition festival in the world. Every year, Frankfurt holds a book fair that is followed by tens or even thousands of books from around the world. Including Indonesia. Manira is very enthusiastic to see the various beautiful book collections exhibited there. Some of them there are gold works from Indonesian writers that turned out to also be exhibited there. He takjup, saw that it turned out that there were great Indonesian writers whose books could be penetrated into Germany. He did not believe there were any traditional cooking recipes and traditional cakes on display here. Interestingly, this is precisely the unique Indonesia that competes with the world country. There is a delusion from Indonesian tradition that can be introduced to the international world through books.

Apart from seeing the largest book fair in the world, Mahesa brings Manira into the Goethe House. Manira stopped in one corner of the room, looking at the painting of Goethe, one of the most influential writers in Europe and even the world. His gold works are famous everywhere, including the one Manira often read on the sidelines of his violin games.

“You like it?” ask Mahesa.

“Iya,” replied Manira as she continued to stare at Goethe's paintings. “He was the most influential statesman, scientist, philosopher and writer in Europe and even the whole world. His beautiful works are widely discussed around the world. One of his most famous works is ‘Faust’ a story that tells the contradiction of a person to seek God and the true nature of life. There have been countless times that Faust's script has been staged, filmed and discussed by literary artists around the world. Another work that is no less phenomenal is ‘Die Lieden Des Jungen’ which in Indonesian means the Misfortune of a Youth. A young man commits suicide because the woman he loves is married to someone else. The beauty of the piece is a little tarnished because the story inspired thousands of other young men to do the same: commit suicide when they could not get their love. They regard it as a heoric form of a lover who loves his lover very much.

“ Throughout his life, Goethe learned a lot about Islam. He even read the translation of the Qur’an in both German and English. He also read many works of Sufis such as Jalaludin Rumi and others. His knowledge of Islam influenced his works. Among them is in one of the letters written to his son on August 17, 1814,

Some religions have deceived us

Then came the Qur’an to our library

If God wants me to be a worm

He will have created me as a worm

“Slightly much of his work began to uplift life about Islam. Many people have speculated that Goethe died in a Muslim state. This was proven through one of his poems,

Is the Qur’an an eternity?

I don't doubt it

It is the book of all books

I believe in him as a Muslim

“Today I just dreamed about it. I can't believe that now it is really here, in his house that bears witness to the history of the birth of many great works that affect the world,” Manira continues to gaze at Goethe's paintings with admiration.

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