The Pillow Book


Inspired by Sei Shonagon on the 23rd of July 2001.
/ Things that please me / Things that displease me / Things that attract me /
This is my Pillow Book.

Thursday 23 January 2003

BENGAWAN SOLO (SOLO RIVER)
Gesang

Bengawan Solo Solo river
Riwayatmu ini Your personal history
Sedari dulu jadi Has been subjected from days old
Perhatian insani To keen observation

Musim kemarau At dry season
Tak brapa airmu Not much water is in you
Dimusim hujan air At rain season
Meluap sampai jauh Your waters flood over to yonder

Mata airmu dari Solo Your well springs in Solo
Terkurung gunung seribu Surrounded by Mts. 1000
Air mengalir sampai jauh Your water flows reaching far
Akhirnya kelaut To end in the sea

Itu perahu That's a boat
Riwatyatmu dulu This is your past history
Kaum pedagang slalu The merchant class always
Naik itu perahu Board on that boat
Like A Hurricane
Neil Young

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
Somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I get so blown away.
I am just a dreamer, and you are just a dream,
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That moment when time just slips away,
Between us on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I get so blown away.
Yeah yeah, hi hi, yeah, blown away
Yeah yeah, hi hi, yeah.
I am just a dreamer, and you are just a dream,
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That moment when time just slips away,
Between us on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I get so blown away.