Lyrics and translation Iwan Fals - Situa Sais Pedati

Situa Sais Pedati

Bergerak perlahan dengan pasti
Di jalan datar yang berlumpur
Sesekali terdengar geletar cemeti
Diiringi teriakan lantang
Si tua sais pedati

Gerak pedati sebentar berhenti
Tampak si tua sais pedati
Mulai membuka bungkusan nasi
Yang dibekali
Sang istri

Gerak pedati lalu jalan lagi
Singgah di setiap desa
Tanpa ragu-ragu, tanpa malu-malu
Napas segar terhembus dari sepasang lembu
Yang tak pernah merasakan sesak polusi

Dia tak pernah memerlukan
Dia tak pernah membutuhkan
Solar dan ganti oli
Bensin dan ganti busi
Apalagi charge aki

Dia tak pernah kebingungan
Dia tak pernah ketakutan
Akan kata orang tentang gawatnya
Krisis energi

Gerak pedati dan lenguh lembu
Seember rumput dan geletar cemeti
Seakan suara azan yang dikasetkan
Sementara itu sang bilal (gawat)
Pulas mendengkur

Oxcart's Situation

Moving slowly with certainty
On a flat muddy road
Once in a while, the crack of a whip
Accompanied by the loud shouts
Of the old ox-cart driver

The movement of the oxcart stops for a short while
The old ox-cart driver is seen
Starting to unwrap the rice
Packed by
His wife

The ox-cart then moves again
Stopping in every village
Without hesitation, without shame
Fresh air blown from a pair of oxen
Who have never felt the tightness of pollution

He never needs
He never requires
Diesel and oil change
Gasoline and spark plug replacement
Let alone battery charging

He never gets confused
He never gets scared
About people's words about the severity of
Energy crisis

The movement of the ox-cart and the moans of the oxen
A bucket of grass and the crack of the whip
Sound like the recorded call to prayer
Meanwhile, the muezzin (ouch)
Snores soundly