Paroles et traduction Sharifah Aini - Bunga Tanjung

Bunga Tanjung

Bunga tanjung, putih berseri
Kembang jelita, harum baunya
Gagah sungguh pohonmu berdiri
Tegap rimbun, gagah perkasa

Harum jelita si bunga suci
Idaman dara gadis rupawan
Sangat sombongnya bungamu menari
Melenggang-lenggok di hujung dahan

Walaupun engkau si bunga tanjung
Hiasan sanggul gadis rupawan
Tiadalah kamu sangat beruntung

Bagai melati
Bagai melati di lembah sana
Lihatlah senyuman kembang melati
Disunting kelana
Di lembah sunyi

Lihatlah pula bunga teratai
Dijunjung musafir, lambai, melambai

Sungguh nasibmu, si bunga tanjung
Bagai cahaya ditutup mendung
Tiadalah tangan menyunting kamu

Menunggu gugur di angin lalu
Malang dudukmu di dahan tinggi
Kini bertabur di atas bumi

Casuarina Tree

Casuarina tree, with your white blossoms bright,
A beautiful flower, with a sweet and fragrant scent,
How splendidly you stand, your trunk tall and straight,
Towering and majestic, with a thick canopy above.

How lovely is the flower, with its delicate aroma,
A vision for the young maiden, a symbol of beauty,
How proud you are, as you dance and sway in the breeze,
Your branches swaying gently on the tips of your boughs.

Though you are the Casuarina, the flower of desire,
An ornament for the hair of a beautiful maiden,
You are not a fortunate flower.

Like the jasmine,
Like the jasmine in the valley below,
See how the jasmine flower smiles,
As it is picked by the traveler,
In the quiet valley.

Look also at the lotus flower,
Carried by the traveler, beckoning and waving.

How sad is your fate, O Casuarina,
Like a light hidden by clouds,
No hand reaches out to pick you.

You are left to fall in the wind,
How unfortunate your place on the high branch,
Now you are scattered on the ground below.