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Ethiopia

Dengar rintihan berjuta kepala
Waktu lapar menggila
Hamparan manusia tunggu mati
Nyawa tak ada arti

Kering-kerontang meradang
Entah sampai kapan
Datang tikam nurani

Selaksa doa penjuru dunia
Mengapa tak rubah bencana
Menjerit Afrika
Mengerang Ethiopia

Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Derap langkah sang penggali kubur
Angkat yang mati dengan kelingking
Parade murka bocah petaka
Tak akan lenyap kian menggema
Napas orang-orang di sana
Merobek telinga
Telanjangi kita

Lalat-lalat berdansa cha-cha-cha
Berebut makan dengan mereka
Tangis bayi di tetek ibunya
Keringkan air mata dunia

Obrolan kita di meja makan
Tentang mereka yang kelaparan
Lihat sekarat di layar TV
Antar kita pergi ke alam mimpi

Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Di sana terlihat ribuan burung nazar
Terbang di sisi iga-iga yang keluar
Jutaan orang memaki takdirnya
Jutaan orang mengutuk nasibnya
Jutaan orang marah
Jutaan orang tak bisa berbuat apa-apa

Setiap detik selalu saja ada yang merintih
Setiap menit selalu saja ada yang mengerang

Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Aku dengar jeritmu dari sini
Aku dengar
Aku dengar tangismu dari sini
Aku dengar

Namun
Aku hanya bisa mendengar
Aku hanya bisa sedih
Hitam kulitmu
Sehitam nasibmu, kawan
Waktu kita asyik makan
Waktu kita asyik minum
Mereka haus
Mereka lapar
Mereka lapar
Mereka lapar

Ethiopia

Hear the groans of millions of heads
When hunger drives them crazy
An expanse of humanity waiting to die
Life is meaningless

Parched and inflamed
I don't know how long
It will take for my conscience to catch up

A myriad of prayers from around the world
Why don't they change the disaster?
Africa is screaming
Ethiopia is moaning

Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia

The footsteps of the gravedigger
Lifting the dead with their little finger
A parade of the wrath of the child of disaster
It will not disappear, it will only echo louder
The breath of the people there
Tears our ears
Exposes us

Flies dance the cha-cha
Scrambling to eat with them
A baby crying at its mother's breast
Dry up the tears of the world

Our chatter at the dinner table
About those who are starving
Watching them die on the TV screen
Sends us off to dreamland

Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia

There you can see thousands of vultures
Flying around the exposed ribs
Millions of people curse their fate
Millions of people curse their destiny
Millions of people are angry
Millions of people can't do anything

Every second, someone is always moaning
Every minute, someone is always groaning

Ethiopia, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, Ethiopia

I hear your screams from here
I hear you
I hear your cries from here
I hear you

However
All I can do is listen
All I can do is be sad
Your skin is black
As black as your fate, my friend
While we are eating so well
While we are drinking so well
They are thirsty
They are hungry
They are hungry
They are hungry