Paroles et traduction Akhil Hayy - Berita Kepada Kawan

Berita Kepada Kawan

Perjalanan ini terasa sangat menyedihkan
Sayang engkau tak duduk di sampingku kawan
Banyak cerita yang mestinya kau saksikan
Di tanah kering bebatuan

Ho-o-hoo ho hoo-o-o-o
Hoho-o-o-hoo ho-o-o-ho

Tubuhku terguncang dihempas batu jalanan
Hati tergetar menambah kering rerumputan
Perjalanan ini seperti jadi saksi
Gembala kecil menangis sedih, hoo hoo

Kawan coba dengar apa jawabnya
Ketika ia kutanya mengapa
Ayah ibunya telah lama mati
Ditelan bencana tanah ini

Sesampainya di laut
Kukabarkan semuanya
Kepada karang, kepada ombak, kepada matahari
Tetapi semua diam
Tetapi semua bisu
Tinggallah ku sendiri
Terpaku menatap langit

Barangkali di sana ada jawabnya
Mengapa di tanahku terjadi bencana
Itu tanda Tuhan murka
Melihat tingkah kita
Yang selalu salah dan bangga dengan dosa-dosa
Atau alam mulai enggan
Bersahabat dengan kita
Coba kita bertanya pada rumput yang bergoyang

Ho-o-hoo ho hoo-o-o-o
Hoho-o-o-hoo hoho-o-o-ho

Kawan coba dengar apa jawabnya
Ketika ia kutanya mengapa
Ayah ibunya telah lama mati
Ditelan bencana tanah ini

Sesampainya di laut
Kukabarkan semuanya
Kepada karang, kepada ombak, kepada matahari
Tetapi semua diam
Tetapi semua bisu
Tinggal aku sendiri
Terpaku menatap langit

Barangkali di sana ada jawabnya
Mengapa di tanahku terjadi bencana
Itu tanda Tuhan murka
Melihat tingkah kita
Yang selalu salah dan bangga dengan dosa-dosa
Atau alam mulai enggan
Bersahabat dengan kita
Coba kita bertanya pada rumput yang bergoyang
Haaa-aaaa-haaa, oo-haaa ooo

Message to a Friend

This journey has been very sad
My dear, you're not sitting next to me, my friend
Many stories you should have witnessed
In the dry, stony land

Ho-o-hoo, ho hoo-o-o-o
Ho ho-o-o-hoo, ho-o-o-ho

My body shakes, tossed by the rocks in the road
My heart trembles, adding to the dryness of the grass
This journey has become, as it were, a witness
A little shepherd crying sadly, hoo hoo

My friend, try to listen to his reply
When I asked him why
His father and mother died a long time ago
Taken by a great disaster in this land

Upon reaching the sea
I will tell everything
To the coral, to the waves, to the sun
But everything is silent
But everything is mute
I am left alone
Staring fixedly at the sky

Perhaps, there, I will find the answer
Why did this great disaster happen in my land?
It is a sign of God's wrath
Watching our behavior
Which is always wrong and proud of its sins
Or, perhaps, nature has become reluctant
To befriend us
Let us ask the waving grass

Ho-o-hoo, ho hoo-o-o-o
Ho ho-o-o-hoo ho ho-o-o-ho

My friend, try to listen to his reply
When I asked him why
His father and mother died a long time ago
Taken by a great disaster in this land

Upon reaching the sea
I will tell everything
To the coral, to the waves, to the sun
But everything is silent
But everything is mute
I am left alone
Staring fixedly at the sky

Perhaps, there, I will find the answer
Why did this great disaster happen in my land?
It is a sign of God's wrath
Watching our behavior
Which is always wrong and proud of its sins
Or, perhaps, nature has become reluctant
To befriend us
Let us ask the waving grass
Haaa-aaaa-haaa, oo-haaa ooo