Bengawan Solo

Today's Indonesian folk song can be downloaded here. This folk song is about a famous river named Solo in Indonesia  which flows through central and eastern Java, Indonesia and is that island's longest. The song describes the legendary river in a poetic and nostalgic way, that it is surrounded by mountains, its sources are near the city of Surakarta, that it ends in the sea. For more information, look here and here. Please feel free to leave a comment or suggestion. Thank you and God Bless!


Bengawan Solo
Riwayatmu ini
Sedari dulu jadi... 
Perhatian insani

Musim kemarau
Tak seberapa airmu
Dimusim hujan air.. 
Meluap sampai jauh

Mata airmu dari Solo
Terkurung gunung seribu
Air meluap sampai jauh
Dan akhirnya ke laut

Itu perahu
Riwayatnya dulu
Kaum pedagang selalu... 
Naik itu perahu


(With Translation)

Bengawan Solo
Solo River
Riwayatmu ini
This is your story
Sedari dulu jadi
Have been since earliest times
Perhatian insani
Of sentient attention

Musim kemarau
In the dry season
Tak seb'rapa airmu
Your water is not much
Di musim hujan, air
In the rainy season, water
Meluap sampai jauh
Spills reaching far distances

Chorus:
Mata airmu dari Solo
Your water springs forth from Solo
Terkurung gunung seribu
Caged by a thousand mountains
Air mengalir sampai jauh
Water flows to reach far distances
Akhirnya ke laut
Eventually to the sea

Itu perahu
Those boats
Riwayatnya dulu
In the past
Kaum pedagang s'lalu
The merchant folk had always
Naik itu perahu
Sailed in those boats