Paroles et traduction Iwan Fals - Sarjana Muda

Sarjana Muda

Berjalan seorang pria muda
Dengan jaket lusuh di pundaknya
Di sela bibir tampak mengering
Terselip sebatang rumput liar

Jelas menatap awan berarak
Wajah murung semakin terlihat
Dengan langkah gontai tak terarah
Keringat bercampur debu jalanan

Engkau sarjana muda
Resah mencari kerja
Mengandalkan ijazahmu
Empat tahun lamanya
Bergelut dengan buku
'Tuk jaminan masa depan

Langkah kakimu terhenti
Di depan halaman sebuah jawatan

Tercenung lesu engkau melangkah
Dari pintu kantor yang diharapkan
Tergiang kata tiada lowongan
Untuk kerja yang didambakan

Tak peduli berusaha lagi
Namun kata sama kau dapatkan
Jelas menatap awan berarak
Wajah murung semakin terlihat

Engkau sarjana muda
Resah tak dapat kerja
Tak berguna ijazahmu
Empat tahun lamanya
Bergelut dengan buku
Sia-sia semuanya

Setengah putus asa dia berucap
"Maaf, Ibu ..."

Young Graduate

A young man walks
With a frayed jacket on his shoulders
Between the lips, it seems dry
Stuck in a stalk of wild grass

Apparently looking at the passing clouds
A sad face is increasingly visible
With uncertain, languid steps
Sweat mixed with street dust

You are a young graduate
Worried about finding a job
Relying on your diploma
Four long years
Grappling with books
For the sake of the future

Your steps stop
In front of the yard of an office

Dejected, you walk
From the door of the office you hoped
The words "no vacancies" echoed
For the work that was desired

Don't bother trying again
But you got the same words
Apparently looking at the passing clouds
A sad face is increasingly visible

You are a young graduate
Worried about not being able to work
Your degree is useless
Four long years
Grappling with books
And it was all in vain

Half desperate, he said
"Sorry, Mom ..."