Paroles et traduction Iwan Fals - Menunggu Ditimbang Malah Muntah

Menunggu Ditimbang Malah Muntah

Aku bernyanyi di dalam kamar mandi seorang diri
Di samping wastafel, di samping kaca sambil menghisap kejenuhan
Majalah mingguan tergeletak di keranjang cucian
Gambar dua orang menteri sedang jabat tangan sambil tersenyum

Di atas kakus aku terus menulis
Menulis lagu-lagu seimbang
Timbang menimbang ditimbang-timbang
Timbang menimbang dibuang sayang

Yang paling besar pulang sekolah
Si bapak asyik sendiri
Suara mesin buyarkan maksud
Maksud siapa aku tak tahu

Azan terdengar gemericik hujan
Mencari teman orang tertawa
Tunggu menunggu ditunggu-tunggu
Tunggu menunggu dibuang sayang

Pelan-pelan, sayang
Kalau mulai bosan
Jangan marah-marah
Nanti cepat mati
Santai sajalah

Pelan-pelan, sayang
Kalau mulai bosan
Jangan marah-marah
Nanti cepat mati
Santai sajalah

Seekor nyamuk terbang di atas majalah
Kadang hinggap lalu terbang lagi
Mengitari wajah politikus
Yang entah tersenyum atau sakit gigi

Lampu empat puluh watt
Bertopi pendekar Cina
Tetap saja merendah tidak berubah
Kartu nama seorang teman terlindas asbak

Yos tidur
Galang Cikal tidur

Hari ini ada berita
Polisi mati
Hari ini ada berita
Pembantu dibantai majikannya
Hari ini ada berita
Anak-anak membunuh orang tuanya
Hari ini ada berita
Orang tua memperkosa anak-anaknya
Hari ini ada berita
Guru-guru banyak yang sakit jiwa
Hari ini ada berita
Orang-orang kaya takut bangkrut
Hari ini ada berita
Mahasiswa protes
Merah-putih cemang-cemong
Mau insaf susah
Desa sudah menjadi kota

Waiting to be Weighed and Then Throwing Up

I'm singing in the bathroom all alone
Next to the sink, next to the mirror, sucking on my boredom
A weekly magazine lies in the laundry basket
Pictures of two ministers shaking hands with smiles

On the toilet, I keep writing
Writing balanced songs
Weighing, weighing
Weighing, weighing, it's a shame to throw it away

Biggest one came home from school
Dad's having a good time alone
The sound of the engine spoils the intention
Whose intention, I don't know

The call to prayer is heard in the drizzle
Looking for company, people laughing
Waiting, waiting, waiting
Waiting, waiting, it's a shame to throw it away

Take it easy, baby
If you start getting bored
Don't get mad
You'll die early
Just relax

Take it easy, baby
If you start getting bored
Don't get mad
You'll die early
Just relax

A mosquito flies over the magazine
Sometimes it lands and then flies away again
Circling the faces of politicians
Who know if they're smiling or have a toothache

Forty-watt lamp
With the cap of a Chinese swordsman
Still humble, unchanging
A friend's business card crushed under an ashtray

Yos is sleeping
Galang Cikal is sleeping

There's news today
Policeman dead
There's news today
Maid killed by her employer
There's news today
Children killed their parents
There's news today
Old man rapes his children
There's news today
Many teachers are mentally ill
There's news today
Rich people are afraid of bankruptcy
There's news today
Students protest
Red-white stained
Hard to repent
The village has become a city