Текст и перевод песни Iwan Fals - Mak

Mak

Mak perut udin keroncongan
Belum makan dari tadi malam
Mak beliin dong Inah pakaian untuk seragam
Inah cuma punya sepasang
Itu juga sudah penuh tambal
Inah malu sama teman teman

Mak beliin dong buku tulis keluh Ujang
Buku kemarin yang Mak belikan
Sudah habis terisi pelajaran

Baik anakku kan Mak penuhi permintaan kalian
Asal Bapak sudah pulang
Baik anakku kan Mak penuhi permintaan kalian
Asal Bapak sudah pulang

Tiba tiba pintu depan diketuk orang
Mang Mamat teman sekerja Ayahnya datang
Membawa kabar
Tentang malapetaka yang menimpa Ayahnya
Dia tertiban beton dari atas bangunan
Kini dia terbujur lesu diatas kasur rumah sakit
Si ibu bingung harus bagaimana

Mak kenapa Ayah kok belum pulang
Tanya ketiga putra putrinya
Si Ibu bingung harus menjawab apa

Mak nanti kalau Ayah sudah pulang
Pasti membawa banyak uang
Bisa membeli nasi Udin tak lapar lagi
Bisa membeli baju untuk seragam
Inah tak malu lagi
Bisa membeli buku tulis untuk Ujang

Kata ketiga putra putrinya
Yang tidak tahu bahwa Ayahnya terkena musibah
Si Ibu bingung harus menjawab apa
Si Ibu bingung harus menjawab apa
Menangis dia

Terbayang jelas wajah suaminya
Dan terpikir soal biaya pengobatan suaminya
Yang terlalu mahal bagi ukuran pekerja kasar
Yang terlalu mahal bagi ukuran pekerja kasar
Terngiang jelas permintaan putra putrinya
Yang tak mungkin bisa terkabulkan
Si Ibu bingung harus bagaimana
Si Ibu bingung harus bagaimana
Si Ibu bingung harus bagaimana
Menangis dia

Dalam kalut
Ia selalu mengharap uang mandor suaminya
Untuk keperluan anaknya
Untuk biaya pengobatan suaminya
Tapi si mandor pelit
Waktu si Ibu meminta pertolongan si mandor suaminya
Yang rupanya mandor itu bandot tertawa genit
Dalam otak si Ibu terselip
Pikiran yang sangat sempit
Sebab keluarga yang saya ceritakan itu pailit
Dan amat sangat memerlukan duit
Dengan perantara tubuh molek si Ibu
Keperluan anaknya dan biaya pengobatan suaminya
Bisa terpenuhi

Si Ibu tersenyum
Si Ibu tersenyum
Si Ibu tersenyum
Melihat keluarganya bisa kembali seperti semula
Sekalipun hati si Ibu amat tersiksa
Si Ibu tersenyum
Melihat keluarganya bisa kembali seperti semula
Sekalipun hati si Ibu tersiksa

Mak

My stomach is rumbling
I haven't eaten since last night
Honey, please buy Inah a uniform
She only has one pair
And it's full of patches
She's embarrassed in front of her friends

Honey, please buy Ujang a notebook
The one you bought him yesterday
Is already filled with lessons

Alright, my children, I'll fulfill your requests
As soon as your father comes home
Alright, my children, I'll fulfill your requests
As soon as your father comes home

Suddenly, someone knocked on the front door
Mang Mamat, your father's coworker, came
Bringing news
About the tragedy that befell your father
He was hit by a concrete slab from a building
Now he lies weak on a hospital bed
The mother is confused, not knowing what to do

Mom, why isn't Dad home yet?
The three children asked
The mother is confused, not knowing how to answer

Honey, when your father comes home
He'll surely bring a lot of money
We can buy rice, Udin won't be hungry anymore
We can buy a uniform
Inah won't be embarrassed anymore
We can buy a notebook for Ujang

Said the three children
Who don't know that their father has been in an accident
The mother is confused, not knowing how to answer
The mother is confused, not knowing how to answer
She cries

Her husband's face is vividly in her mind
And she thinks about the cost of his treatment
Which is too expensive for a casual worker
Which is too expensive for a casual worker
The requests of her children echo in her mind
Which she can't fulfill
The mother is confused, not knowing what to do
The mother is confused, not knowing what to do
The mother is confused, not knowing what to do
She cries

In her worry
She always hopes for her husband's foreman's money
For her children's needs
For her husband's medical expenses
But the foreman is stingy
When the mother asked for help from her husband's foreman
Who turned out to be a sly, fat man, he laughed
A narrow thought crept into the mother's mind
A very narrow thought
Because the family I am telling you about is bankrupt
And in dire need of money
With the help of the mother's shapely body
The needs of her children and her husband's medical expenses
Could be met

The mother smiles
The mother smiles
The mother smiles
Seeing her family can return to normal
Even though the mother's heart is tormented
The mother smiles
Seeing her family can return to normal
Even though the mother's heart is tormented