Paroles et traduction Iwan Fals - Nelayan

Nelayan

Bocah telanjang dada di pesisir
Tunggu kembalinya bapak tercinta
Yang pergi tebarkan jala di sana
Berjuang di atas perahu tunggakan KUD

Ibu dengan kebaya yang kemarin
Setia dari balik dapur menanti
Suaminya telah seminggu pergi
Tinggalkan rumah
Tinggalkan sejengkal harapan

Langkah waktu lamban
Bagai kura-kura
Ikan-ikan datang
Mimpi
Siang ganti malam
Tetap sabar
Suami pun pulang
Lelah

Sambil berlari sang bocah hampiri bapak
Tagih janji yang dipesan ketika pergi
Sementara istrinya
Hanya memandang dengan senyum pasti
(Sekilas terlintas hutang-hutang yang membelit)
Sang bocah tak peduli
Menangis keras tetap tagih janji

Perahu tunggakan KUD belum terbayar
Belum lagi tagihan rentenir seberang jalan
Nelayan kecil hasil kecil nasib pun kecil
Menjerat jala dihantam kerasnya gelombang
Perahu tunggakan KUD belum terbayar

Hitam hidup

Langkah waktu lamban
Bagai kura-kura
Ikan-ikan datang
Mimpi
Siang ganti malam
Tetap sabar
Suami pun pulang
Lelah

Sambil berlari sang bocah hampiri bapak
Tagih janji yang dipesan ketika pergi
Sementara istrinya
Hanya memandang dengan senyum pasti
(Sekilas terlintas hutang-hutang yang membelit)
Sang bocah tak peduli
Menangis keras tetap tagih janji

Perahu tunggakan KUD belum terbayar
Belum lagi tagihan rentenir seberang jalan
Nelayan kecil hasil kecil nasib pun kecil
Menjerat jala dihantam kerasnya gelombang
Perahu tunggakan KUD belum terbayar
Belum lagi tagihan rentenir seberang jalan
Nelayan kecil hasil kecil nasib pun kecil
Menjerat jala dihantam kerasnya gelombang
Perahu tunggakan KUD belum terbayar

Hitam hidup
Hitam hidup

A Fisherman

A bare-chested boy on the beach
He waits for his father's return
Who has gone to cast his nets
He struggles in a boat that is in arrears to the KUD

A mother in a kebaya from yesterday
Patiently waiting from the kitchen
Her husband has been gone for a week
Leaving home
Leaving a shred of hope

Time moves slowly
Like a turtle
The fish come
A dream
Day turns into night
Still patient
And the husband returns
Tired

The boy runs to his father
He demands the promise that was made when he left
Meanwhile his wife
Just looks on with a certain smile
(She briefly thinks about the debts that are weighing them down)
The boy does not care
He cries loudly and still demands his promise

The boat that is in arrears to the KUD has not been paid for
Not to mention the bill from the loan shark across the street
A small fisherman with a small income and a small fate
Casting his nets, he is battered by the waves
The boat that is in arrears to the KUD has not been paid for

Life is bleak

Time moves slowly
Like a turtle
The fish come
A dream
Day turns into night
Still patient
And the husband returns
Tired

The boy runs to his father
He demands the promise that was made
Meanwhile his wife
Just looks on with a certain smile
(She briefly thinks about the debts that are weighing them down)
The boy does not care
He cries loudly and still demands his promise

The boat that is in arrears to the KUD has not been paid for
Not to mention the bill from the loan shark across the street
A small fisherman with a small income and a small fate
Casting his nets, he is battered by the waves
The boat that is in arrears to the KUD has not been paid for
Not to mention the bill from the loan shark across the street
A small fisherman with a small income and a small fate
Casting his nets, he is battered by the waves
The boat that is in arrears to the KUD has not been paid for

Life is bleak
Life is bleak