Now I'm a bit infected by all those Melayu stuff.
For no good reason I searched at YouTube for this old song which I learned many years ago.
I didn't feel anything when I sang the song back then. I was young and a very idealistic leftist who don't think much about my ethnic heritage.
But just now, as I listened to the song, I can feel tears coming to my eyes. I quickly suppressed it. Tough girls have no time for tears.
Wahai Big Cat..... siapa lagi yang nak mengingatkan bangsa kita kalau bukan kita sendiri...kita yang berketurunan daripada bangsa yang gagah dan bijaksana, bukankah nusantara ini kepunyaan kita semua...Melayukan Gagah diNusantara.:)
ReplyDeleteSi Mahameru Bukit Seguntang
"I think I really should not had went to check..." Your England teruklah, for a TKC graduate.
ReplyDeleteYa, true also. Still trying to improve. Thanks for pointing out.
DeleteMsBC
DeleteNo worries lah. In the art of communication, as long as the other party decipher what one's gonna convey. in Queen's English ke, Ivy English ke, Gurmit Singh's English ke or Mumbai English ke, the job is considered done.
Sayu.
ReplyDeleteAll first formers in my school of my generation were required to sing this song everyday during morning assembly. Then another song called "Suria", which goes something like this:
ReplyDeleteSuria muncul di pagi hari
Kita bangun sederap kaki
Menara bangsa akan kita bina
Perkasa tiada rebah lagi
Mentari sudah ada di sini
Pasti bersinar seribu tahun lagi
Biar berhembus angin sangkakala
Malam pasti tiada datang
Kita sudah tiada perlu tidur
Kerna mimpi ada di depan mata
Peluh jernih mengganti keringat
Bersinar bagai mutiara
Rimba akan terus hijau
Unggas riang-ria berkicau
Air jernih meriak di kali
Udara nyaman terang di rongga
Darah kembali berharga
Merah buat penyeri muka
Embun jernih meniti di bibir
Kasih sayang jadi milik semua
Kita bebas, terbang laksana burung
Terikat hanya di tali cinta
mak ai, lama dah tak dengar lagu ni. dulu kat sekolah nyanyi tiap2 minggu. terimakasih kucing besar
ReplyDeleteshalela
Terima kasih...sememangnya bangsa kita berada di persimpangan jalan yg mencabar
ReplyDeleteits a sombre song to keep us on out toes. to remind us of what is at stake. this song and the perajurit song always bring tears to my eyes, but not just any tears but the kinda tears that says "let me wipe this tears off my cheek first before i come chop off the head of my enemies". whoever that might be.
ReplyDeleteI am so touched by this song ,but I never heard before.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by saying "infected by all those Melayu stuff"?
ReplyDeleteThis is another indication that you are not Melayu. Are you not bitching, belittling the Melayu with that kind of words there? You were not raised by Melayu parents to be saying those words and in that tone?
Now, I dare you print this comment. To show the readers that you have a warped mind and thinking about the Melayu. Watch your words, so and so you. Considering you have done the same and commented by a few others in the past as well, you deserve more nasty words than I have used so far.
Boooooo
DeleteShalela
Well, she did publish your comment. But to her credit she does think and doesn't have a one track mind. Any individual or people that wish to develop and progress need to have questioning minds. Just using the word "infected" isn't derogatory - have you ever heard of a song or video "going viral". Your comment is a sad reflection of an undue focus on form over substance - something I don't ever see from BC.
DeleteThis song always brings tears to my eyes. Wait till you listen it being sang in unison by thousands, tears will just fall freely.
ReplyDeleteagree - negara ku less important than dumno song? Big Cat small psussy would not cry if negara ku sang if Malaysia won the gold in international games?
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