Lyrics - Malay
(Folk song from Singapore)
Kalau tidak kerana bintang,
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Tak kan bulan terbit tinggi
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Kalau tidak kerana abang
Tak kan saya datang ke mari
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Kalau roboh kota Melaka
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Papan di Jawa saya dirikan
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Kalau sungguh bagai dikata
Badan dan nyawa saya serahkan
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English Translation
If not for the stars,
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Wouldn’t the moon rise high
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If not for my brother
I wouldn’t have come here
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If the city of Melaka collapsed
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I would have built a board in Java
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If it’s really as they say
I surrender my body and soul
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See also
- Country: Singapore
- Subjects: family
- Form: call & response
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
