Description
A world where everyone nods in unison, as if their fate depended on it. Heads move up and down, right and left, automatically, habitually, as if that's how it should be. After all, it's easier to agree than to argue. It's easier to play along than to break ranks. But inside, there is a quiet turmoil, one that cannot be revealed by either face or voice.
The beat marches steadily, like a parade of puppets under the gentle control of someone's finger. The words contain a children's song, satire, and a hint of bitterness. Each ‘sabar, sabar’ sounds like a sigh - weary patience, learned by generations. Behind the rhythm is a fluctuation between submission and awareness. A dance where everyone nods, but someone is already winking in time with the beat.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Apa khabar kawan-kawan PK!
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk.
Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk. Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Kita tunduk, apabila diketuk, biarkan terantuk, tak usah dipujuk, relakan dipatuk, tidak usah atuk. Sabar, sabar, sabar, sabar.
Tak apa, tak kisah, tak rugi, tak mati, tak ambil peduli, berserah dan pasrah, biar danda dijambik, adat pasang turun naik. Didera, dijajah, terus kita di penjara.
Jadi hamba, jadi kuli, jadi batu, diam diri.
Kita tunggu, kita lihat, kita nanti, kita perhati. Jangan merungut, biar tertangguh, diam, akur, kita mesti patuh.
Acuh tak acuh, indah tak indah, buat lawak bodoh selamba, biar kita melopong, biar kita mengangguk, biar mereka buat apa mereka suka, biar saja.
Jangan melawan, jangan membantah, janganlah degil, kena ikut perintah, kena banyak diam, biar apa orang kata, kita tawa dalam dukacita.
Kecut tak kut, talek tolol, terkunci mulut, tergagap, tertutup. Kalau sama menang sorak, undur nanti tinggal gerak.
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk.
Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk. Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
-Dek mari dek. -Ya kak.
-Nama dek siapa? -Mia.
-Adik tahu nyanyi tak? -Tahu.
Mari ikut kakak nyanyi sama-sama.
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, -tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk.
-Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, -tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk. -Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Tolak tambah, kali ganda, hitung kira, skala nisbah. Maju mundur, tinggi rendah, berapa jumlah nilai bangsa?
Kak, sekupang ke, dua kupang ke, tiga kupang.
Sawah sebendang, ladang sebidang, tanah sekangkang, pohon sebatang.
Kerana wang, semua hilang. Hanya tinggal sehelai sepinggang.
Yang jenih, yang lebai, yang pandai, yang luncai, yang angkuhnya tinggi, yang dibuai mimpi, yang sawah terjual, mertua tergadai.
Kamu mau lagi?
Ali PK.
Sabar, sabar, sabar, sabar, sabar, sabar.
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk. Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Angguk-angguk, geleng-geleng, tunduk-tunduk, ikut tunjuk.
Iya-iya, saya-saya, kiri kanan, ikut saja.
Kita tunduk, apabila diketuk, biarkan terantuk, tak usah dipujuk, relakan dipatuk, tidak usah atuk. Sabar, sabar, sabar, sabar.
English translation
How are you PK friends!
Nod, shake your head, bow, show along.
Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
Nod, shake your head, bow, show along. Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
We submit, if we are knocked, we let it stumble, we don't have to be persuaded, we are willing to be pecked, we don't have to knock. Patience, patience, patience, patience.
It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, you don't lose, you don't die, you don't care, you surrender and surrender, let the danda be grabbed, the customary ups and downs. Beaten, colonized, then we are in prison.
Be a servant, be a coolie, be a rock, be silent.
We wait, we see, we wait, we pay attention. Don't grumble, be tough, be quiet, get along, we have to obey.
Indifferent, beautiful or not beautiful, make stupid jokes all the time, let us stare, let us nod, let them do whatever they like, let them do it.
Don't fight, don't argue, don't be stubborn, you have to follow orders, you have to keep quiet, whatever people say, we laugh in sorrow.
Wry, stupid, stupid, locked mouth, stammering, closed. If you both win cheers, withdraw and then just move.
Nod, shake your head, bow, show along.
Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
Nod, shake your head, bow, show along. Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
-Come on, come on. -Yes sis.
-What's the name of the deck? -Mia.
-Do you know how to sing? -Know.
Let's join in singing together.
Nodding, shaking his head, bowing, pointing.
-Nodding, shaking his head, -bowing, pointing. -Yes-yes, I-I, left and right, just follow.
Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
Addition, multiplication, calculation, ratio scale. Back and forth, high and low, what is the sum of the nation's values?
Sis, one kupang, two kupang, three kupang.
One piece of rice field, one piece of field, one piece of land, one tree.
Because of money, everything is lost. Only one piece left.
The rich, the lazy, the smart, the lucky, the arrogant, the ones who are lulled by dreams, the rice fields sold, the in-laws mortgaged.
Do you want more?
Ali PK.
Patience, patience, patience, patience, patience, patience.
Nod, shake your head, bow, show along. Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
Nod, shake your head, bow, show along.
Yes-yes, me-me, left and right, just follow.
We submit, if we are knocked, we let it stumble, we don't have to be persuaded, we are willing to be pecked, we don't have to knock. Patience, patience, patience, patience.