Paroles et traduction Rhoma Irama - Modern

Modern

Modernisasi yang kini melanda dunia
Menjadi masalah
Ternyata masih banyak yang salah menafsirkannya
Di dalam berkiprah
Modern dicerna sebagai kebebasan
Bebas lepas tanpa adanya batasan

Kumpul kebo bukan modern
Tapi suatu kemesuman
Mabuk-mabuk bukan modern
Tapi suatu kemungkaran

Karena takut dikatakan ketinggalan zaman
E, ikut-ikutan
Saringlah dulu apa yang datangnya dari Barat
Jangan asal telan
Ambil isi dan campakkanlah kulitnya
Ambil yang baik dan campakkan buruknya

Berkemajuan dan juga berpendidikan
Di dalam segala bidang ini modern
Kemanusiaan tinggi nilai peradaban
Di segala pergaulan ini modern
Mari membangun-ngun negara-ra
Dengan landasan-san agama

Modernisasi yang kini melanda dunia
Menjadi masalah
Ternyata masih banyak yang salah menafsirkannya
Di dalam berkiprah
Modern dicerna sebagai kesombongan
Tidak percaya lagi kepada Tuhan

Tak sembahyang bukan modern
Tapi suatu keingkaran
Urakan bukanlah modern
Bahkan nyaris seperti hewan

Memakai jilbab rapi sopan dan beradab
Dan ini perintah Tuhan dipersoalkan
Pakaian mini yang membangkitkan birahi
Dan mengundang kejahatan tak keberatan
Bila aurat-rat terbuka-ka
Pemerkosaan-an melanda

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Modern

Modernization that's sweeping the world today
Has become a problem, my dear
It seems many misinterpret it along the way
In their endeavors
Modernity is perceived as freedom, they say
Free and loose without any limitation, come what may

Living together unmarried isn't modern, you see
But an obscenity
Getting drunk isn't modern, believe me
But a transgression, truly

For fear of being called old-fashioned and gray
Oh, they just follow the fray
Filter first what comes from the West, I pray
Don't just swallow it all the way
Take the content and throw away the shell, I say
Take the good and throw away the bad, come what may

Being progressive and also educated, it's true
In all fields, this is modern, through and through
High humanity, a civilized value we pursue
In all interactions, this is modern, me and you
Let's build our nation, strong and new
With a foundation of faith, forever true

Modernization that's sweeping the world today
Has become a problem, they say
It seems many misinterpret it along the way
In their endeavors, come what may
Modernity is perceived as arrogance, they display
No longer believing in God, they stray

Not praying isn't modern, in any way
But a denial, I say
Being unruly isn't modern, nay
Almost like animals, they stray

Wearing a hijab, neat, polite, and civilized, so right
And this command of God is questioned, day and night
Mini skirts that arouse desire and ignite
And invite evil, are seen as alright
When nakedness is on display, so bright
Rape will spread, with all its might

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