Ah, l'amour

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This song was very popular when I was in primary school. Even as a callow child I recognise the redolent emotions in the lyrics and how evocatively it was sung.

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Lagu Dari Kamar (Noor Kumalasari)
Song from a Room

Dari kamar ini (From within this room)
Kumemandang ke luar (I look out the window)
Suasana sepi (The still loneliness)
Seakan mencabar (Is so challenging)

Mengapa pengucapan (Why can't the words)
Tidak lahir di bibir (Simply spill from my lips)
Seandainya berhadapan (If I am before you)
Mudah ku tafsirkan (It is easier for me to interpret)

Sepi mengajakku (Loneliness urged me)
Renungi lembaranmu (To peruse your letters with care)
Kuulang membaca (I read again and again)
Surat bermakna (The eloquent billets)

Indahnya bahasamu (So beautiful your language)
Tersusun kata kata (The words arranged with care)
Kau berkias mencuri hati (Your literariness stole my heart)
Di dalam seni (So artful are your words)

Aku pun mencuba (So I too, try)
Menciptakan madah (To pen down loving prose)
Sayang bagai ada (Pity but it)
Yang tak kena (Never came out right)

Ku mencuba lagi (Thus I try again)
Menulis puisi (To pen down poetry)
Ku sendiri (I, myself)
Tak mengerti (Don't understand)

Dari kamar ini (From this room)
Berdiri di jendela (I stand before the window)
Aku menyaksikan (I watch)
Kumbang dan bunga (The beetle and the bloom)

Sepi mengajarku (Loneliness taught me)
Menulis surat rindu (To write how much I missed you)
Sebarisan ayat yang mudah (A simple line)
Kaulah yang kucinta (You are the one I love)