Текст и перевод песни Iwan Fals - Bangsat

Bangsat

Sudahkah kita terbebas dari korupsi?
Merdeka tapi koruptor berkeliaran

Hari-hari gelap
Di mana cahaya itu?
Hari-hari gelap
Orang miskin tersenyum padamu

Teganya kau beri makan keluargamu
Dengan rezeki dari bangkai saudaramu sendiri
Padahal kita tahu hidup hanyalah sesaat
Padahal kita pun tahu itu namanya sesat

Nasehat-nasehat tinggallah nasehat
Ingin selamat tapi kelakuan bejat
Kalau begitu aku perlu bertanya lagi
Apakah benar-benar kita sudah merdeka?

Aku jadi ragu
Terpaksa kujilat lagi ludahku
Maafkanlah aku tak mampu
Meraih merdekamu

Lagu untuk rakyat yang sudah jadi pejabat
Pejabat yang senangnya menghisap darah rakyat
Bangsat!

Bagaimana mungkin kita merdeka
Kalau hutang sini hutang sana?
Masih jutaan orang yang hidupnya sengsara
Di zamrud khatulistiwa yang tenteram raharja
Masukkan ini ke dalam mimpimu

Sudahkah kita terbebas dari korupsi?
Merdeka tapi koruptor berkeliaran

Hari-hari gelap
Di mana cahaya itu?
Hari-hari gelap
Orang miskin tersenyum padamu

Bastard

Have we been freed from corruption?
Independence but corruption roams free

Dark Days
Where is that light?
Dark Days
The poor smile at you

How dare you feed your family
With the dead bodies of our own brothers
Even though we know life is but a moment
Even though we know it is called heresy

Advice remains just advice
Wanting to be saved but acting corruptly
If that is the case, I must ask again
Are we truly independent?

I begin to doubt it
Forced to lick back my own spit
Forgive me that I am unable
To seize your independence

A song for the people who have become officials
Officials who love to suck the blood of the people
Bastard!

How is it possible for us to be independent
If we are in debt here and in debt there?
There are still millions of people whose lives are miserable
In the tranquil and peaceful emerald of the equator
Keep this in your dreams

Have we been freed from corruption?
Independence but corruption roams free

Dark Days
Where is that light?
Dark Days
The poor smile at you