I seldom listen to Malay songs. I am more inclined towards Jpop, Kpop, Instrumental Music, Opera and English songs. But this particular Malay number has captured my heart years ago.
Therefore, I am hereby dedicating it here for the enjoyment of all. Especially for Mikey.
Mikey, this IS my 1st attempt at translating lyrics and I am doing it just for you. It's translated from Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysia national language) to English. Hope I get it right tho.
Translator Notes:-
The original lyrics shall be in BLACK and ITALICIZED. And the English translation shall be in BLUE and BOLDED fonts.
Song Title: Lagenda
Artist: Sheila Majid
Country of Origin: Malaysia
Sejuta bintang di angkasa
Sinarnya mempesona
Sebutir bintang di taman seni
Cahayanya berseri
Biar bertahun masa beredar
Satu wajah satu nama takkan pudar
A million stars in the sky
Its brilliance captivates me / Shone with captivating brilliance
A single star in a beautiful garden
Its light shone enchantingly
Eventhough years has passed by
That one face and one name would not fade
Tetap jelas di ruang mata
Setiap gerak gaya
Bergetaran merdu sinar
Di persada budaya
Hingga kini menjadi sebutan
Tetap terpahat namamu di ingatan
Still clear in our eyes
Every move and style
Pulsating sweet melody
At cultural heritage
Even until now it's still spoken of
Your name is still engraved deeply in our memories
Kaulah satu satunya
Di antara berjuta
Insan teristimewa
Patah tak tumbuh lagi
Hilang belum berganti
Kerana kau tersendiri
Kau kebanggaan kita
Kau budayawan bangsa
Engkau lagenda
You are the only one
Amongst million
The most special being
One that is irreplaceable
Lost to us yet without a successor / replacement
Because you are one of a kind / Because you are most unique
You are our pride
You are our national icon
You are a legend
Oh...
Kaulah satu satunya
Di antara berjuta
Insan teristimewa
You are the only one
Amongst million
The most special being
Oooh...
Patah tak tumbuh lagi
Hilang belum berganti
Kerana kau tersendiri
Kau kebanggaan kita
Kau budayawan bangsa
Ahh... kau lagenda
Lagenda...
Oooh...
One that is irreplaceable
Lost to us yet without a successor / replacement
Because you are one of a kind / Because you are most unique
You are our pride
You are our national icon
Ahh... You are a legend
Legend...
-- END --
Phew! done at last *wiping sweat from forehead*. Have been keeping this translation thing with me for ages. Hmmm... for... about... a couple of months already. Hehe. Since the last time I mentioned it to Mikey that I am going to give it a try. Sorry bout the long delay friend.
Let's just hope I did this lovely song justice. Please do not hesitate to correct me if I got any part of it wrong (of which I believe there are too many to count). It's not an easy task doing this piece cos it's like trying to translate a poem/poetry.
Here's a video clip of the same song. Enjoy.
My beloved grandma passed away last Saturday evening. She died in my very arms. I was alone with her together with my son. We saw her slipping away right in front of our very eyes and was helpless to do much to help her. The question on whether I could have done anything more or differently that could have saved her kept haunting me. I kept seeing her whenever my mind is free.
Others kept telling me and my family that is was a good way to go as she does not need to go thru long period of pain or sufferings. For she had left us while having her dinner (she ate halfway) together with my son by her side. Perhaps it was.... but we are still trying to wrap our mind around the notion that we did not get to say farewell to her or to hear her last words.
Deep down inside, I know I should count my blessing for I am the last person to have held her, sooth her and spoken to her during her last moment. Nevertheless, the experience was one that's going to follow me till the end of my days. It was traumatic for me and my son yet, it was one that one memory only I alone could have to cherish.
We missed her dearly as she was the magnet of our family. She pulls us all together as an inseparable family unit. Without her we are lost.
Though I wished to say more, my heart does not have the strength yet for me to carry on.
I would like to observe a moment of silence in the loving memory of this beautiful woman, my dearest grandma.
This is the memorial message we are engraving onto her resting sanctuary, for it was one that truly reflect our love for her:
Gone yet not forgotten,
although we are apart,
your spirit lives within us,
forever in our hearts.
Currently in a pretty good mood eversince the the last 2 days back. So light and breezy, almost felt like a child again.
So without further ado, here's the story behind my bliss:
A GIFT OF JOY AND GUILT
I was pleasantly surprised by my hubby on last Monday evening when he came to pick me up from work. As I adjusted myself for a more comfortable ride back home, he quietly slipped onto my lap a small white plastic bag.
What I found in that small plastic bag blew me away. I felt a mixture of joy and awe but it was also tainted with a bit of guilt. For he had given me something which I had always wanted and what he thought I have yet to have. When in fact I already own a couple lower capacities ones well hidden away. What's more ironic is that, a few days ago I had just secretly bought another one exactly the duplicate of what he had gotten me now.
If you are now wondering what kind of gift my sweet ol' hubby had given me. I'll like to say that it's an apparatus that'll give me ample joy of making luve with my obsession. To have long and lengthy intercourse. To upload and download stuff. Lotsa stuff.
Here it is...
Yup, it's a flashdrive. What else did you think it was in the first place? Lol. And, computer is my obsession.
Now that I have two of these handy drives. Meaning 4GB x 2 = 8GB, I am so going to get myself busy. Busy uploading stuff. Packing it full with my goodies. Not bad, not bad at all *evil grin*.
I have just finished uploading this new one with loads of USB portable applications yesterday. Hmmm... I guess the rest of the space calls for more mangas, ebooks and audiobooks. Way to go baby.
Yes, I am touched and very much happy with my dearest hubby's gift. Like what I had always been telling my friends... I'd rather he buys me gadgets than flowers. I certainly don't mind a bouquet of thumbdrives! *chuckle*. It's not that I don't fancy or like flowers at all. I do like em. Just not as much as I adore IT gadgets, that's all.
By the way, my favorite flower is the white lilies. Roses are so old fashion. Lilies are forever pure and fresh.
Right after that surprise gift, he suggested we go grab dinner at a local shopping complex.
Just when we are leaving the shopping complex after dinner and a bit of window shopping, we both saw an electronic toy of which have been on my wishlist since childhood. It was yet to be fulfilled up till now.
My hubby looks at me and smile knowingly. As I gasp and delights over the said item on display. As the toy unwittingly woo me over and over again with it's cute antic on display.
Needless to say, he bought it for me. And I am on cloud 9 literally. It's so sweet of him. I felt like throwing myself into his arm there and then and to kiss him silly.
Here, let me introduce you to my current #2 obsession...
Right now I am keeping my fingers crossed that my son wouldn't destroy it when he comes back from visiting his grandma (it's school holiday now).
Ahemm......
I just had to show you another toy which was also on that long pending childhood toy wishlist of mine. This one was granted during this year's Chinese New Year (February). Yes, again, it's a gift from my hubby.
Here it is...
I know you would all laugh at me for being such an overgrown kid. Well laugh all you want cuz I don't mind it. As long as I am happy. That is what counts. Cheers!
NOTE:
Just in case anyone of you are interested to know what software I use for editing the above pictures it's called PHOTOSCAPE. You could get it free here. Well it's a freeware afterall. A really good one at that. Totally recommend it to all.
PICASA from Google is just as great too. Both are worthy image/photo editors and both are free. What more could one asks for?
I really dig PHOTOSCAPE's large templates library for collage making. Another feature which I adore is the ability to append text and also bubble talk diagrams. Oh yea, it also offers the ability to frame up your photos digitally. There are so many to choose from I am literally spoil of choices.
Just a quick post. I had to do this. Cos' it's Chinese New Year the biggest festival for us Chinese. It wouldn't stand well for me to going on long holiday without first wishing all my friends here a very Happy Chinese New Year.
As you are all so very special to me, I have decided to personalised my greetings to all of you by means of a short audio clip recording. Yes, you get to hear my voice, the ever elusive and mysterious hermit has decided to talk, literally.
Just did this recording over lunch today. Hiding quietly in my superior's room with the MP3 player/recorder which I bought with my hard earned money last year. I must say, I sounded very nervous in it. Cos' I am, I am so nervous that my tongue felt so thick and clumsy. Lol. Gosh.
So, here's my dedication to all my fellow beloved blog pals:
Hope all of you have a joyous and eventful Chinese New Year. I know I am going to spend my CNY holidays uneventfully and boringly at my in-laws. Again. Sigh....
I believe I owe all my dearest blogsphere friends an apology for neglecting my blog and for not updating regularly. Plus, I am also feeling pretty guilty for not paying frequent visits to your site/blog as I used to do.
Please don't write me off yet. Yours truly is just too wrapped up in work. It could be sometime until I could truly get back to blogging full force. Sigh....
Missing you all alot!
You are about to witness something very intimate of mine. A part of me since birth till yesterday, I had no choice but to let it go painfully. It was an emotional goodbye. Tears and agony, anxiety and angst.
For the past few years, thrice, I had safe it's life and tried to salvage whatever I could so we could be together longer than it was meant to be. Trying so hard to beat the odds. And yet, cruel history chose to repeat itself again and this time, tis most unforgiving. No doubt it's a punishment for pushing my luck the last couple of times back. Revenge and karma can be such a biatch!
Here's my tribute to the most intimate and important part of me. Sob! I am never whole again!
It's one of my precious molar that belongs to my lower left jaw.
Don't worry, I had clean it as best as I could to get rid of the blood, flesh and nerves that has been clinging stubbornly onto it. 
I place it on my palm for size reference. Yup! it's big alright. Talk about size.No wonder the pain that follows after the extraction. Still pretty much in pain as we speak. Well, the hole is big, the pain is great. Right?
Look at the filling. Almost the whole tooth is fully stuffed from my 3 attempts to salvage it. Just imagine the agony I had been thru, people. Tis not for the weak of heart. Really.Sorry if you find this repulsive. But, I just had to pay my tribute to this valiant comrade of mine. Anyhow, I am glad to be done with it. Sad but glad too. At least, the nagging and nerve-wrecking pain wouldn't be haunting me again in the future. Hopefully, I could say this for the rest of my pearly whites.
One for the record, this round of tooth infection is the worst one I've ever encountered with. Well, it was (yes, the same tooth) infected the first time I beg the doctor to drill a friggin big hole to save it and that was yearssss back. Thing is, the pain wasn't too bad then as compared to what I had this round. And it was waaayyyy out of proportion kinda pain. It's so physically draining that I can't really function right, much less stay sane. Been popping painkillers and antibiotics like nobody's business as the doctor said the swelling and pain needs to be down before anything could be done. Sucks right?
So, that explains my long absence and silence on the blogsphere. Am I forgiven then? Please? Pretty please?
Hard lesson learned from all this agony:
Hands down on it. Period! Not debatable!
Do I made myself clear?
Gawd! I have just noticed last night an embarrassing and glaring mistake on that manga self I have drawn and then posted here on Saturday, 17th November 2007 while I was idly browsing thru some of my manga magazines.
It really shows how amateur I am at this. Cos, I have literary forgotten to draw eyebrows on it. OMG *shakes head unbelievingly*. How could I have possibly left it out? Now, the more I look at the previous drawing, the more I felt how silly it look. Lol.
Later on, I have noted another feature on my face wasn't depicted on the drawing. You see, I have double eyelids - something many people would proud to have. Hence, I then boldly and deftly added it on the drawing.
It seems to look much better now. Right?
Since I do not know how to color it using graphic software, I had to revert to the traditional way - using color pencils.
Oh yea, some of you had asked the meaning of the Japanese characters contained in that speech bubble. Actually in romaji it reads as, "Hajimemashite, Dozo Yoroshiku". Meaning, "Pleased to meet you" and "Please favor me". Something like that :D
Since I am posting it here, I am hopping that my hubby can't remember or recognize this drawing of mine should he came to accidentally stumbled upon it on the net *sweat*. Yea, I am showing it to you at the risk of blowing my alter ego cover. Ok, ok, I am being paranoia again. Tee hee hee.
This manga gal kinda represented myself. My hair looks more or less like that in the drawing. With big eyes and a generous mouth. Except one thing, one thing that is my own imagination or I should say, wishful thinking... the F-cup boob. How I wish! Hahahaha
UPDATE:
19th Nov 2007 : Found a major mistake on this drawing. Here's my revision.
My little boy was peering over my shoulder excitedly as I doodle away, giving me instructions here and there and throwing countless questions at me.
"Mom, is that daddy and mommy you are drawing?" Little Jet frowns looking at the artwork in progress. "Where is Little Jet then, Mommy? Why am I not in the picture? Please draw me in it too" Little Jet sulked and pleads.
"Yes boy, that's mommy and daddy. No you aren't in this drawing. Mommy promise to draw your picture later ok. Hush now" Kleio tries to pacify.
"Mommy, is that daddy's car? You should color it black you know.... why aren't you coloring it now?" pestered Little Jet. Poor mom is getting quite irritated with all the attention and tries hard to hasten the completion of the doodle.
Here's the completed doodle of what Kleio's typical work day looks like:
I really felt so strongly that I should share with all a post by a fellow blogger. This post of his, made a deep impression on me. It was a very poignant and riveting post, one that I can't help but to share my own sentiments with.
Please do take some time off to read this piece of beautifully written article. You would then know why I am so enamored with it that I had posted a rather long comment after reading it.
Here's what I have commented (unabridged):
Ahh, this post of yours sure brought up lots of my memories and past experiences. Many of those questions or insecurities are also the very same ones I had until a couple of months back when I truly understand what I need or wanted.
It was only then that I realized giving in all the time and bottling up frustrations are really not they way it’s suppose to be if we expect the relationship to grow, mature and stabilize. Avoidance of negative issues only makes matter worst. As these issues wouldn’t simply just go away by ignoring it, as it would only start building up and silently gnaw away our inner self - especially our self-worth. Losing our sense of self and dignity in a relationship would only lead to a stagnant, stale and unhappy outlook.
This is what exactly happened to me. I kept stalling the matter, thinking if I just continue to give in and try to change or mold myself according to his ‘idea’ everything will eventually fall into it’s place. However, unfortunately that wasn’t the case, and I found out only after much pain and suffering in both parties. Then only I realized, I must be happy and content within before I could bring happiness to others especially to my love ones. It’s only a simple equation. Nonetheless, it’s one many failed to see.
Hence, it’s equally important that we strive to find a balance in between. To address the true feelings of both parties. And this balance could only be achieve through face-to-face heartfelt dialogue. For this to work, courage, sincerity, determination and wisdom must be employed in these dialogues. This is what I did recently with my other half and now stand to witness the simplicity and greatness of this basic human interaction which many failed to recognize and make good use of. (Yup, I blogged about this live-changing experience of mine).
To simply put it, lack of communication IS the main downfall of many relationships/marriages. Communication is an art, one that all human beings needs to master in order to be successful in life. I now constantly remind myself the fact that, every individual has their own set of principles, thinkings and reactions. Whatever it is, everyone deserves to be heard.
I know this comment of mine if a bit too lengthy, but this article of yours makes me feel very strongly. Hope you don’t mind me sharing these quotes with you:
“A healthy relationship, is one in which two people encourage each other to reach their respective goals, while sharing each other’s hopes and dreams. A relationship should be a source of inspiration, invigoration and hope.”
“Love is not two people gazing at each other, but two people looking ahead together in the same direction - by Antoine de Saint”
“If you lose yourself in love just because you are bored, and veer from your path in life, then love is nothing more than escapism.”
“Happiness is not something that anyone else, even a lover, can give you. You have to achieve it by yourself. And, the only way to do so is by developing your own character and capacity as a human being, by fully maximising your potential. If you sacrifice your own growth and talent for love, you absolutely will not find happiness.”
“It is demeaning to be constantly seeking approval. If you find yourself in a relationship where you are not treated the way your heart tells you you should be, I hope you will have the courage and dignity to decide that you are better off running the risk of being alone for the time being rather than enduring an unhappy relationship.”
PS: I copied all these quotes I found in a book into my organizer and kept it with me always as a reminder that I could achieve more for myself and for my family. Every human beings has his potential. I hope my comments did not unintentionally offend you or anyone here.PPS: Actually, I visited this page in particular several times already ever since I got your mail. I didn’t comment back then because I knew I wanted a deeper discussion in my comment. So here it is a long-winded one. Hope you don’t mind. LOL
Take care. And do write more. You are doing great already.
Kleio da Muse - October 18th, 2007 at 11:23 am
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Kleio the Muse said:
I happy that you find it lovely. She really sung it with so much passion. That's why i like it.... read more
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DoriDori said:
[this is good]I kick myself for not knowing this song.Lovely song.Thank you for the translation, it really helps.I've given all my Bahasa... read more
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Kleio the Muse said:
I am glad you enjoyed it too. You are quite a sentimental person. It's good. read more
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ペギー said:
and im still listening to this song, in my ipod.hehe and cd player in car. =) always had tears in... read more
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