Paroles et traduction SM Salim - Pantun Budi

Pantun Budi

Kalau menebang si pohon jati
Papan di Jawa dibelah-belah
Kalaulah hidup tidak berbudi
Umpama pokok tidak berbuah

Bunga selasih si bunga padi
Kembanglah mekar di dalam taman
Pertama kasih kedua budi
Yang mana satu nak didulukan?

Datuk Laksamana ke bangka hulu,
Berlayar kapal membawa dagang
Bagailah mana kapal nak lalu
Kuala sudah dilengkong karam

Bunga padi bunga kiambang
Buat hiasan di taman bunga
Buah hati kekasih orang
Hamba menumpang gembira sahaja

Poem of Manners

If I cut down a teakwood tree
The wood at the saw will be split apart
If you don’t live respectfully
It’s like a tree that bears no fruit

Basil and rice blossom flower
Blossoming in the garden
First comes love, then manners
Which one should come first?

Admiral Datuk goes to Bangka upstream
The ship sails, carrying goods
How can the ship pass
The estuary's been blocked by the shipwreck

Rice and water spinach flower
An ornament in the flower garden
Lover’s heart belongs to another
I can only join in joy as a bystander