Patriotic August: Indonesia, Why I Love Her

Posted by Doddy Samperuru | August 1st 2008 | 1 Komentar

Indonesia, you ask me why I love her ? Well, give me time & I’ll explain…

Have you seen a Lombok beach sunset or a Pangrango rain ?
Have you drifted on a bayou down Mahakam way ?
Have you watched the cold fog drifting over Bromo highland ?
Have you heard an Orang Utan calling in the Kutai Hulu pines ?
Or heard the bellow of a diesel in the Sawah Lunto coal mines ?
Does the call of Sigura-gura waterfall thrill you when you hear her waters roar ?
Do you look awe & wonder at a Tanah Lot shore ?
Where men who braved a hard new world, first stepped on Sorowako rock ?
And do you think of them when you stroll along a Sunda Kelapa dock ?
Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Jaya Wijaya mountain…way up high ?
Have you seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Kelimutu sky ?
Do you hail to the Membramo as she rushes to the sea…
Or bow your head at Pegangsaan street…in our struggle to be free ?
Have you seen the mighty teton of Bukit Barisan ?
Have you been to Ambon bay & watched an eagle soar ?
Have you seen the Bengawan Solo roll along Gresik’s shore ?
Have you felt a chill at Samosir island, when on a rainy day,
Her waters rage along the shore in a thunderous display ?
Does the word “Kitorang basodara” make you warm ?
Do you stare in disbelief when you see the surf come roaring in at Bunaken reef ?
From Sabang island to Merauke town…from Sebatik to Roti island…
My heart cries out… my pulse runs fast at the might of her domain.
You ask me why I love her?… I’ve a million reasons why.
My beautiful Indonesia… beneath Gods’ wide, wide sky.

Adapted by DS
August 1, 2008

Selamat merayakan kemerdekaan di bulan Agustus.