March 12, 2008, [MD]
Perjalanan ini
*This travel
*
Terasa sangat menyedihkan
Feels very sad
Sayang engkau tak duduk
Too bad you are not sitting
*
Di samping ku kawan
*Next to me, friend
Banyak Cerita
Many stories
Yang mestinya kau saksikan
Which you have surely witnessed
*
Di tanah kering bebatuan
*On the dry stone-filled earth
Oh… Oh… Oh…
Tubuhku terguncang
My body gets shaken
Di hempas batu jalanan
By the stony road
Hati tergetar menatap
The heart is shaking too
Kering rerumputan
The dry grass
Perjalanan ini pun
Even this travel
Seperti jadi saksi
It becomes like a witness
Gembala kecil
The small shepherd
menangis sedih
*cried sadly
*
Oh… Oh… Oh…
Kawan coba dengar apa jawabnya
Friends, try to listen to what the answer is
*
Ketika dia kutanya mengapa
*When he asks why
*
Bapak Ibunya telah lama mati
*His mother and father have been dead for a long time
*
Ditelan bencana tanah ini
*Victims of a disaster on this soil
*
Sesampainya di laut
*After reaching the sea
Kukabarkan semuanya
I ask them all
Kepada karang kepada ombak
To the cliffs and to the waves
Kepada matahari
To the sun
Tetapi semua diam
But they are all silent
Tetapi semua bisu
They are all mute
Tinggal aku sendiri
I am left alone
Terpaku menatap langit
Forced to look at the sky
Barangkali di sana
Maybe there
ada jawabnya
the answer is
*
Mengapa di tanah ku terjadi bencana
*Why do disasters happen in my country
Mungkin Tuhan mulai bosan
Maybe God is getting tired
Melihat tingkah kita
Seeing our acts
*
Yang selalu salah dan bangga
*Which are always wrong and proud
*
dengan dosa-dosa
*with sins
Atau alam mulai enggan
Or nature is starting to
Bersahabat dengan kita
not be friendly with us
Coba kita bertanya pada
Let’s try to ask
Rumput yang bergoyang
The wavy grass
Oh… Oh… Oh…
Ebiet G. Ade
(note: I translated this myself, dan saya minta maaf atas segala
keterbatasan)