Paroles et traduction Iwan Fals - Potret

Potret

Melihat anak-anak kecil berlari-larian
Di perempatan jalan kota-kota besar
Mengejar hari yang belum dimengerti
Sambil bernyanyi riang menyambut resiko

Melihat anak-anak sekolah berkelahi
Di pusat keramaian kota-kota besar
Karena apa tak ada yang mengetahui
Sementara darah yang keluar bertambah banyak

Melihat anak-anak muda di ujung gang
Berkelompok tak ada yang dikerjakan
Selain mengeluh dan memanjakan diri
Hari esok bagaimana besok

Mendengar orang-orang pandai berdiskusi
Tentang kesempatan yang semakin sempit
Tentang kemunafikkan yang kian membelit
Tetapi tetap saja tinggal omongan

Merasa birokrat bersilat lidah
Seperti tukang obat di jalanan
Mencoba meyakinkan rakyat
Bahwa di sini seperti di surga
Tak adakah jalan keluar?

Portrait

I see little kids running around
At intersections in big cities
Chasing days they don't yet understand
Singing merrily as they embrace the risk

I see schoolchildren fighting
In the bustling center of big cities
For reasons nobody knows
As their wounds bleed ever more

I see young people at the end of an alley
Gathered together, doing nothing
But complaining and indulging themselves
Not caring about tomorrow

I hear educated people discussing
Opportunities that are dwindling
Hypocrisy that's tightening its grip
But they do nothing but talk

I watch bureaucrats twist their words
Like street performers
Trying to convince the people
That this is paradise
Is there no way out?