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A Samad Said's Unggun Bersih:

Semakin lara kita didera bara -

kita laungkan juga pesan merdeka:

Demokrasi sebenderang mentari

sehasrat hajat semurni harga diri.

Lama resah kita - demokrasi luka;

lama duka kita - demokrasi lara.

Demokrasi yang angkuh, kita cemuhi;

suara bebas yang utuh, kita idami!

Dua abad lalu Sam Adams berseru:

(di Boston dijirus teh ke laut biru):

Tak diperlu gempita sorak yang gebu,

diperlu hanya unggun api yang syahdu.

Kini menyalalah unggun sakti itu;

kini merebaklah nyala unggun itu.

Clean Bonfire (translated from 'Unggun Bersih' by A Samad Said)

by kitaAkanSiasat

Abused by embers, we're all getting ill -

to call out to the message of independence,

We manage still democracy,

as brilliant as the sun yearning for the desire of sincere self-regard.

We've long been restless - democracy is wounded;

we've long been wounded - democracy is ill.

A supercilious democracy, disgusted us;

A strong voice of liberty, we desired!

Two centuries ago, Samuel Adams exclaimed

(in Boston where tea was poured into the blue sea):

We don't need a loud fluffy cheerleading

What we need is just an eminent bonfire.

Let's light up that sacred bonfire;

Let's spread out that sacred flame.

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