Текст и перевод песни Iwan Fals - Nenekku Okem

Nenekku Okem

Nenekku manis umur setengah abad
Masih lincah bagai bola bekel
Rambutnya panjang hitam ikal dipikok
Di Salon Lisa asal Rengkasdengklok

Paling tak suka pakai kain kebaya
Atau rambut digulung konde
Sebab katanya tak bebas dia bergerak
Gerah, sebuah alasan

Nenekku orang hebat
Sanggup koprol bagaikan atlet
Napasnya panjang bak napas kuda
Lari Jakarta-Bandung
Setiap pagi pulang-pergi

Main bola sehari tiga kali
Tari kejang menambah energi

Kalau kubilangin jangan terlalu agresif
Namun malah ngeledek kuno
Nenekku makin hot menari sambil salto
Hampir-hampir setiap menit
Di rumah atau di jalan
Di pasar atau di trotoar
Hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi

Habis ambil pensiun mampir ke toko kaset
Cari lagu baru yang up to date
Kuping pakai headphone badan tak bisa diam
Ikuti tempo break dance tersayang

Persetan orang lihat masa bodo nyengir
Konsentrasi dia tak goyah
Setelah selesai dengar lagu sekaset
Lalu dia menuju kasir

Bayar satu bawa tiga
Yang dua mampir di jaket
Yang dua mampir di jaket

Nenekku okem
Nenekku okem
Nenekku okem
Nenekku okem

My Grandma's Cool

My grandma's sweet, she's half a century old
Still spry as a rubber ball
Her hair is long and black and curly, piled high
At Salon Lisa in Rengkasdengklok

She hates wearing a kebaya
Or putting her hair up in a bun
Because she says it doesn't let her move freely
It's too hot, she says

My grandma's amazing
She can do cartwheels like an athlete
Her breath is as long as a horse's
She runs from Jakarta to Bandung
Every morning and back again

She plays soccer three times a day
And dances the kejang to boost her energy

When I tell her to take it easy
She just laughs and calls me old-fashioned
My grandma's getting hotter, dancing and doing backflips
Almost every minute
At home or on the street
At the market or on the sidewalk
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee

After collecting her pension, she stops by the record store
Looking for new music that's up to date
She wears headphones and can't keep still
Following the beat of her favorite breakdance

She doesn't care if people stare, she just grins
Her concentration is unshaken
After listening to a whole cassette
She heads to the cashier

She pays for one and takes three
The other two go in her jacket
The other two go in her jacket

My grandma's cool
My grandma's cool
My grandma's cool
My grandma's cool