Paras | Guruh Gipsy 1977 | Chopin Larung

Guruh Gipsy – Chopin Larung

Yen Chopin padem ring Bali (If Chopin decease in Bali)
kerarung saking daksina (washed away and stranded in the south)
Titiang mengenang Bali (I reminisce about Bali)
sunantara wong ngrusak – asik negara (while other people spoil it)

Sang jukung kelapu – lapu (Jukung boat swayed in the ocean)
santukan Baruna kroda (suffer the wrath of Baruna – God of the Sea)
Nanging Chopin nenten ngugu (But Chopin doesn’t understand)
kadang ipun ngrusak seni – budaya (sometimes his people undermine our art and culture)

Risedeg sang jukung kampih (When the jukung boat aground)
ring Legian – Kayuaya (in Legian-Kayuaya)
‘te – lonte ring sisin pasih (prostitutes in the coastline)
anak lacur melalung ngadolin ganja (disposing marijuana)

Chopin ten uning ring Bali (Chopin got confused in Bali)
wong putih mondok ring Kuta (foreigners live in Kuta)
Asing lenga lali ring Widi (Don’t remember God)
tan urungan jagi manemu sengkala (they shall face calamity)

Gending Chopin maring ati (Chopin’s repertoire plays in heart)
nabuhang wirama duka (enacting rhythm of sorrow)
Duh nyama braya ring Bali (comrades in Bali)
dong sampunang banget nunaning prayatna (please don’t be too…)

Song and lyrics written by Guruh Sukarno Putra
Performed by Guruh Gipsy
1977