13 Puisi Hari Natal 2024 Kelahiran Yesus Singkat dan Menyentuh Hati, Cocok Dibaca pada 25 Desember

O, Anak manusia, luruskan hidup saya yang sia-sia
Kehadiran-Mu memberi arti;
Bukan karena roda-roda-Mu di jalan,
Juga bukan karena lautan yang Kau arungi!

Engkau tidak peduli bagaimana atau siapa saya,
Bahkan Engkau turun ke dunia
Untuk menjawab semua kebutuhan saya,
Ya, setia doa yang telah dipanjatkan.

6. Jesus Is Born

While the whole town was sleeping, with stars shining bright,
Mary’s baby was born on that first Christmas night.
Born in a barn! With the horses and hay!
If you were a king, would you come that way?
The King of Creation had come to the earth
And a Bethlehem barn was the place of his birth?!
I think I’d choose a palace, but God’s ways are stranger.
And God’s Son was born and laid down in a manger.
Yes, Jesus was born and wrapped up in some cloth,
And for his first bed, he was placed in a trough!

7. Love Come Down at Christmas
Oleh: Christina Georgina Rossetti

Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, Love divine;
Love was born at Christmas;
Star and angels gave the sign.

Worship we the Godhead,
Love incarnate, Love divine;
Worship we our Jesus,
but wherewith for sacred sign?

Love shall be our token;
Love be yours, and love be mine;
Love to God and others,
Love for plea and gift and sign.

8. Malam Kudus
Oleh: Maria Widjaja

Dalam gelap, cahaya lahir
Di palungan kecil yang bersahaja
Bintang memanggil, gembala hadir
Menyembah Sang Raja dunia

Dingin malam menusuk tulang
Tapi hangat cinta-Nya merangkul
Yesus datang, memberi terang
Hati insan yang dulu terkekang

Nyanyian malaikat bergema jauh
Damai sejahtera kini bertaut
Anak kecil, Sang Kudus berteduh
Di hati yang bersih, lapang, dan patuh

 9. Palungan Kecil
Oleh: Restu Lestari

Palungan kecil, saksi abadi
Kasih Tuhan menyapa bumi
Tak ada istana, tak ada mahkota
Hanya jerami jadi selimut-Nya

Bayi kecil datang membawa damai
Senyum-Nya menghapus dukaku yang usai
Dalam teduh malam Natal ini
Aku bersujud, menyerahkan diri