# Berita Kepada Kawan, Ebiet G. Ade


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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebiet_G._Ade)*\
 *(note: I translated this myself, dan saya minta maaf atas segala
keterbatasan)*