Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Layu Dalam Melayu

assalamualaikum

in the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

I was searching the lyrics for 'Hero Wayang', and I came across a song by Malique(Too Phat)- Layu. Some have entitled the song as Malique feat Tun Mahathir - Layu dalam Melayu.



Aku lihat layu dalam Melayu
Aku pasti bukan aku seorang sahaja yang nampak
Ada juga bercadang bertanya tuan punya
Tapi bercampur risau dengan tak tergamak
Nanti di kata tak bersyukur
Di kata tak sedar diri
Jadi aku menyendiri memerhati
Dan akhirnya mengakui
Yang kita sendiri membiarkan bunga raya layu ke kanan
Dan dibiar bunga tak cantik mekar di kiri

full lyrics can be found in the video.

The combination of the lyrics and music is fantastic. The background music used is "Warisan", used to be popular in Sekolah Menengah Days.



2nd is the video, where a Chinese Malaysian was comparing PAS and UMNO. Indeed, they are losing the support of the non-Malays everyday.

till next time,
assalamualaikum

1 comment:

Azman said...

Azri, thanks for forwarding the youtube video.

"Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia. Tapi apa guna tak hilang di dunia kalau kewujudan tidak dirasa"

I've always felt Hang Tuah have yet to complete that proverb. And Malique did it hundreds of years later.

The sajak starts off gentle which gradually escalates to pointing out areas where we, Malays, are deficient in.

"Bukan kata tak ada otak, cuma tak berfikir di luar kotak"

To me this is the peak of the sajak. Because it denotes that change is still and always possible.

Ironically, a sajak titled 'Layu' speaks very loudly of Hope.

This thing is very powerful.