Mirwana
& JayJay – Aku Tanpa CintaMu English Translation
Lyrics by:
Mujahid Abdul Wahab
Aku Tanpa
CintaMu / Me Without Your Love
I have
broken my promise yet again
Though it’s
the thousandth times
I repeated
myself
I will never
do it again
Will You
accept my love again
After I have
turned back
From Your
sight
That was dim
due to how ignorant I was
Why does
Your love never come
And bloom
inside my heart
So that I
will keep being happy
Without my
love You will stay there
Me without
Your love
Is like a
kite without its string
I have
broken my promise yet again
Though it’s
the thousandth times
I repeated
myself
I will never
do it again
Will You
accept my love again
After I have
turned back
From Your
sight
That was dim
due to how ignorant I was
Is there any
trace of mercy left?
Begging for
Your love oh God
For me to
hang on and rely on
Here I will
keep on trying
To gain Your
love
Even if its thorns
are painfully piercing.
Original Malay lyrics
Telah ku mungkiri janjiku lagi
Walau seribu kali
Ku ulang sendiri
Aku takkan tempuh lagi
Apakah kau terima cintaku lagi
Setelah ku berpaling
Dari pandanganMu
Yang kabur kerna jahilnya aku
Mengapa cintaMu tak pernah
hadir
Subur dalam jiwaku bloom
Agarku tetap bahagia
Tanpa cintaku tetaplah Kau di sana
Aku tanpa cintaMu
Bagai layang-layang terputus
talinya
Telah ku mungkiri janjiku
lagi
Walau seribu kali
Ku ulang sendiri
Aku takkan tempuh lagi
Apakah kau terima cintaku lagi
Setelah ku berpaling
Dari pandanganMu
Yang kabur kerna jahilnya aku
Masihkah ada sekelumit belas
Mengemis kasihMu Tuhan
Untukku berpaut dan bersandar
Aku di sini kan tetap terus mencuba
Untuk beroleh cintaMu
Walau ranjaunya menusuk pedih.
-credits to video owner
My 2 cents thoughts while translating...
To be honest, I translated this Islamic
song for the holy month of Ramadhan but then I didn’t manage to post it before
the month ends >.< lol This song is a collaboration between a solo singer
JayJay and a vocal group named Mirwana in 2004. Ever since I was young, this
song leaves a strong impression on me mostly due to its melancholic melody and
its emotional peaks in the chorus. Listening to it again kind of makes me go on
a trip. A sentimental trip? Haha
Anyway, this song makes me think
about the concept of hope in Islam. Though this song doesn’t exactly stress on
hope with lyrics such as “will You accept my love again, after I have turned
back” and “Is there any trace of mercy left?”, I couldn’t help thinking about
how Allah Himself is actually hope itself. Because the answer to these questions
is “yes”. Yes, He will.
To be honest, when I read the
lyric “Is there any trace of mercy left?”, it almost feels like a blasphemy
because in Islam we believe in the name of God as the Most Merciful. There’s no
one more merciful than God and His Mercy is overflowing. And so this lyric almost
make it seem like God’s Mercy is limited. Then again, as I took in the whole
meaning/story of the song, it does make sense to have that thought.
The persona in the song is
portrayed as someone who have committed sin again and again. In their
perspective, when the world have become so dark and the countless sins start to
blot out all the light, it is easy for them to lose the hope of seeing any
trace of light. It is when the sinners start to question ‘Would He listen to someone
like me who have sinned a lot?’ and they will be so ashamed to even pray and
just stop trying altogether. When in fact all believers have sinned in the
past. There’s no normal human being on earth who are perfectly without sin in
their record. The only difference lies on what attitude they have after doing
the sin.
Truly, I believe that at the end
of the tunnel there will definitely be light. No matter how dark and hopeless
it seems in the beginning, there will definitely be an opening that will bring
you out of that darkness. Just like how He made the day replaces the night, I
am sure darkness will definitely be replaced by light.
This sounds almost like a
tazkirah lol. Oh well.
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