Melihatmu melewati lorong depan rumah
Menuju tempat kau menyelami muara ilmu
Menitip rindu pada tiap jengkal yang akan kau kewati
Begitu ironis, Menyilet habis tanya dan jawab
Karena jarak antara kita tidaklah jauh teramat dekat
Namun, tak terjembatani
Terputus oleh satu kata “keangkuhan”
See you through the front hall of the house
Go where you dive into the estuary
Longing for every inch that you will be
So ironic, Splashed out question and answer
Because the distance between us is not very close
However, unbridgeable
Disconnected by one word "pride"
Kelak, jika engkau besar
Kenangan ini akan kubentangkan kepadamu
Menjadi tudung paparisa merindangi panas batinmu
Manise, manise tinggallah dendang lelap
Nurani seorang ibu selalu hadir
Mengoyak debar kasih yang hanya sempat menaungimu pada masa balita
Selanjutnya prahara demi prahara menikmati tirai kasih
Di antara kami yang telah menghadirkanmu
Later, if you are big
This memory will I lay on you
Become a hood of paparisa overwhelm your inner heat
Manise, manise stay true to the sound
A mother's conscience is always present
Tearing out the love debar that only overshadowed you during childhood
Further the tempest after tempest enjoy the curtains of love
Among us who have presented you
Aku, ibumu
Dia, ayahmu
Tak mampu membendung keegoisan
Sosok legendaris oma dan opa
Pucuk segala hegemoni patrilineal
Berbalut protektisme nonhumanis
Berakar fantasi heroistik semu
Me, your mother
He, your father
Unable to stem selfishness
The legendary figure of oma and opa
Shoot all patrilineal hegemony
Wrapped in nonhumanist protectism
Rooted fake heroistic fantasy
Aku, ibumu, dipaksa kalah
Dia, ayahmu tak kuasa mengalah
Jadilah kami para pecundang
Yang hanya sanggup melihatmu
Menuai keterasingan paluk canda ayah bunda
Me, your mother, forced to lose
He, your father could not budge
Be us losers
Who can only see you
Reaping the alienation of father's mother joke
Sioh sayang ee.....
Sayang la dilale.....
Begitu cepat
Begitu singkat
Waktu kebersamaan kita
Tentu saja tak sempat
Engkau mengingat masa-masa itu
Sioh sayang ee .....
Dear la dilale .....
So fast
So short
Time of our togetherness
Of course not
You remember those times
Jika engkau besar nanti
Ingatlah saja tentang seorang wanita muda
Yang setia menunggumu lewat di depan rumahnya
Tersenyum walau tersembunyi di balik tirai jendela
Karena dia yakin, kau pun tersenyum kepadanya
If you grow up
Just remember about a young woman
The faithful waits for you to pass in front of his house
Smile even hidden behind a window curtain
Because he's sure, you smile at him
Ambon, 2008