Paroles et traduction Iwan Fals - Nenekku Okem

Nenekku Okem

Nenekku manis umur setengah abad
Masih lincah bagai bola bekel
Rambutnya panjang hitam ikal dipikok
Di Salon Lisa asal Rengkasdengklok

Paling tak suka pakai kain kebaya
Atau rambut digulung konde
Sebab katanya tak bebas dia bergerak
Gerah, sebuah alasan

Nenekku orang hebat
Sanggup koprol bagaikan atlet
Napasnya panjang bak napas kuda
Lari Jakarta-Bandung
Setiap pagi pulang-pergi

Main bola sehari tiga kali
Tari kejang menambah energi

Kalau kubilangin jangan terlalu agresif
Namun malah ngeledek kuno
Nenekku makin hot menari sambil salto
Hampir-hampir setiap menit
Di rumah atau di jalan
Di pasar atau di trotoar
Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi

Habis ambil pensiun mampir ke toko kaset
Cari lagu baru yang up to date
Kuping pakai headphone badan tak bisa diam
Ikuti tempo break dance tersayang

Persetan orang lihat masa bodo nyengir
Konsentrasi dia tak goyah
Setelah selesai dengar lagu sekaset
Lalu dia menuju kasir

Bayar satu bawa tiga
Yang dua mampir di jaket
Yang dua mampir di jaket

Nenekku okem
Nenekku okem
Nenekku okem
Nenekku okem

My Grandma Okem

My grandma is sweet, half a century old
Still agile like a marble
Her long black hair is curly and braided
Done at Lisa's Salon in Rengkasdengklok

She hates wearing a kebaya
Or her hair in a bun
She says it restricts her movement
The heat, she claims, is the reason

My grandma is amazing
She can do a handstand like an athlete
Her breath is long like a horse's
She runs from Jakarta to Bandung
Every morning, to and fro

Plays soccer three times a day
Convulsive dance adds to her energy

When I tell her not to be so aggressive
She mocks me, calling me old-fashioned
My grandma is getting hotter, dancing and doing somersaults
Almost every minute
At home or on the street
At the market or on the sidewalk
Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi

After retiring, she stops by the cassette store
Looking for new songs that are up to date
Wearing headphones, her body can't stay still
Following the tempo of her favorite break dance

To hell with people looking, she doesn't care, she grins
Her concentration doesn't waver
After finishing a whole cassette of music
She heads to the cashier

She pays for one and takes three
Two she tucks into her jacket
Two she tucks into her jacket

My grandma is amazing
My grandma is amazing
My grandma is amazing
My grandma is amazing