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Jalak Lenteng

Pukul lah gendang kulit biawak
Sedikit tidak berdentum lagi
Aduhailah sayang
Ke manalah badan
Ke manalah badan hendak ku bawak
Sedikit lah tidak beruntunglah lagi
Jalak Lenteng melayu lagu melayu
Hati yang runsing bertambahlah rindu
Sungguhlah sakit kena jelatang
Sakit tak boleh kubawak mandi
Aduhailah sayang
Sakitlah sungguh Sakitlah sungguh
Dagang menumpang
Sakitlah tak dapat kehendak hati
Jalaklah Lenteng melayu
Lagulah melayu
Tiada bertempat hendaklah mengadu

Jalak Lenteng

Beat the drums of beaver's leather
Of late, their sound no longer rattles
O wretched me, my darling
Where is my body?
Where might I find it, where should I go
Of late, my luck has taken leave
Jalak Lenteng, Malaysian song in the Malay style
My troubled heart is heavy with yearning
Truly, wasp stings sting
But I cannot wash away the pain
Oh, my darling
The pain, it throbs, the pain, it throbs
A merchant adrift,
My heart's desires unfulfilled
Jalak Lenteng, a Malaysian song
A tune in the Malay style
I have no place to pour out my woes