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Sunday, March 13, 2005
Heard this song before? It is called "Suci Dalam Debu". A very old Malay Song. I think you can find the song listed in any Malay Karaoke lounge.
Look down on it, ye shall not! This song, sung by a rock group "Iklim", shot its lead vocalist to fame in 1990 and won an award for Best Vocal (Group) at the inaugural Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) in 1993. Introducing the man, the legend - A.M. Salim Abdul Majeed, nicknamed Saleem.
Why did it take AIM 3 years to give him the award? Probably because 1993 was the year when the 1st AIM was held. So they had to dig back a few years of Malaysian music history to unearth its award winners. 3 long years for recognition. Hmmm... It's true what they say. Success comes in a long, hard road.
Check out the words of the award winning song:
SUCI DALAM DEBU
Engkau bagai air yang jernih
Di dalam bekas yang berdebu
Zahirnya kotoran itu terlihat
Kesucian terlindung jua
Cinta bukan hanya di mata
Cinta hadir di dalam jiwa
Biarlah salah di mata mereka
Biar perbezaan terlihat antara kita
Ku harapkan kau kan terima
Walau di pandang hina
Namun hakikat cinta kita
Kita yang rasa
Suatu hari nanti pastikan bercahaya
Pintu akan terbuka kita langkah bersama
Di situ kita lihat bersinarlah hakikat
Debu jadi permata hina jadi mulia
Bukan khayalan yang aku berikan
Tapi keyakinan yang nyata
Kerana cinta lautan berapi
Pasti akan ku renang jua
NEWSFLASH:
Check out today's Star paper, 12th March, page 26, Nation. Saleem is jailed for a year for drug possession! But only for 12 months, because he pleaded guilty. He was found having a plastic bag containing 0.06g of heroin and monoacetylmorphines. His lawyer pleased leniency because the amount of drugs involved was minimal, and used only for his own consumption.
From reading the report in the papers, I'm imagining a translation of Saleem's words from English to BM: "Tolonglah kasihankan ku. Aku ni hanya satu orang duk cari makan untuk bini dan anak. Lagipun, saya masih ada contact kat Warner Music untuk satu tahun lagi. Saya kena habiskan album pada bulan Jun. Kasi aku chance sikit la..."
Translating his lawyer: "Far kung tai yan...Tak ape la, bang. Dia ni sudah buat banyak servis kat masyarakat, kerana dia entertainer yang popular. Lagipun, dia kena tanggung ibu dia yang tua, bini dia, dan 6 anak kecik."
The words of Saleem's song really comes to live now! He go and keep his drugs in a "bekas yang berdebu". When he got caught, "zahirnya kotoran itu terlihat". "Biarlah salah di mata mereka!" Saleem pleads. "Biar perbezaan terlihat antara kita" he adds, saying that he is determined to turn over a new leaf, and he will prove it to his wife and kids.
To the court, Saleem pleads in the bridge leading to his chorus: "Ku harapkaaaan... kau kan terima...Walau di pandaaang hina...Namun hakikaaaat...Kita yang rasaaaa" He hopes the court will accept his pleas for leniency. He knows he will dipandang hina already. But the hakikat is, if he gets jailed, we Malaysians are the "kita yang rasa" because the country will have one less top entertainer.
Saleem is sober in contemplating his 12-month sentence. He says in his chorus: "Suatu hari nanti... pastikan bercahaya... Pintu akan terbuka... kita langkah bersama..." He is confident that he will walk out of jail on a bright sunny day. "Di situ kita lihat... bersinarlah hakikat...
Debu jadi permata... hina jadi mulia..." Saleem believes that pada hakikatnya, his shame is only temporal. He will redeem his kemuliaan when his new album shoots him back to stardom again.
To his shrink and fans, Saleem says: "Bukan khayalan yang aku berikan...Tapi keyakinan yang nyata...Kerana cinta lautan berapi...Pasti akan ku renang jua" He assures his therapist that he is not khayal-ing delusionally. He also asks his fans to not lose hope in him, but to have keyakinan that he will survive these times of testing in the lautan berapi.
You will find this really amusing if you knew the song. One day, I will surely go and sing that song in one of the cubicles at BJ, 5th floor. RM1 for 1 song. Ok what...
Look down on it, ye shall not! This song, sung by a rock group "Iklim", shot its lead vocalist to fame in 1990 and won an award for Best Vocal (Group) at the inaugural Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) in 1993. Introducing the man, the legend - A.M. Salim Abdul Majeed, nicknamed Saleem.
Why did it take AIM 3 years to give him the award? Probably because 1993 was the year when the 1st AIM was held. So they had to dig back a few years of Malaysian music history to unearth its award winners. 3 long years for recognition. Hmmm... It's true what they say. Success comes in a long, hard road.
Check out the words of the award winning song:
SUCI DALAM DEBU
Engkau bagai air yang jernih
Di dalam bekas yang berdebu
Zahirnya kotoran itu terlihat
Kesucian terlindung jua
Cinta bukan hanya di mata
Cinta hadir di dalam jiwa
Biarlah salah di mata mereka
Biar perbezaan terlihat antara kita
Ku harapkan kau kan terima
Walau di pandang hina
Namun hakikat cinta kita
Kita yang rasa
Suatu hari nanti pastikan bercahaya
Pintu akan terbuka kita langkah bersama
Di situ kita lihat bersinarlah hakikat
Debu jadi permata hina jadi mulia
Bukan khayalan yang aku berikan
Tapi keyakinan yang nyata
Kerana cinta lautan berapi
Pasti akan ku renang jua
NEWSFLASH:
Check out today's Star paper, 12th March, page 26, Nation. Saleem is jailed for a year for drug possession! But only for 12 months, because he pleaded guilty. He was found having a plastic bag containing 0.06g of heroin and monoacetylmorphines. His lawyer pleased leniency because the amount of drugs involved was minimal, and used only for his own consumption.
From reading the report in the papers, I'm imagining a translation of Saleem's words from English to BM: "Tolonglah kasihankan ku. Aku ni hanya satu orang duk cari makan untuk bini dan anak. Lagipun, saya masih ada contact kat Warner Music untuk satu tahun lagi. Saya kena habiskan album pada bulan Jun. Kasi aku chance sikit la..."
Translating his lawyer: "Far kung tai yan...Tak ape la, bang. Dia ni sudah buat banyak servis kat masyarakat, kerana dia entertainer yang popular. Lagipun, dia kena tanggung ibu dia yang tua, bini dia, dan 6 anak kecik."
The words of Saleem's song really comes to live now! He go and keep his drugs in a "bekas yang berdebu". When he got caught, "zahirnya kotoran itu terlihat". "Biarlah salah di mata mereka!" Saleem pleads. "Biar perbezaan terlihat antara kita" he adds, saying that he is determined to turn over a new leaf, and he will prove it to his wife and kids.
To the court, Saleem pleads in the bridge leading to his chorus: "Ku harapkaaaan... kau kan terima...Walau di pandaaang hina...Namun hakikaaaat...Kita yang rasaaaa" He hopes the court will accept his pleas for leniency. He knows he will dipandang hina already. But the hakikat is, if he gets jailed, we Malaysians are the "kita yang rasa" because the country will have one less top entertainer.
Saleem is sober in contemplating his 12-month sentence. He says in his chorus: "Suatu hari nanti... pastikan bercahaya... Pintu akan terbuka... kita langkah bersama..." He is confident that he will walk out of jail on a bright sunny day. "Di situ kita lihat... bersinarlah hakikat...
Debu jadi permata... hina jadi mulia..." Saleem believes that pada hakikatnya, his shame is only temporal. He will redeem his kemuliaan when his new album shoots him back to stardom again.
To his shrink and fans, Saleem says: "Bukan khayalan yang aku berikan...Tapi keyakinan yang nyata...Kerana cinta lautan berapi...Pasti akan ku renang jua" He assures his therapist that he is not khayal-ing delusionally. He also asks his fans to not lose hope in him, but to have keyakinan that he will survive these times of testing in the lautan berapi.
You will find this really amusing if you knew the song. One day, I will surely go and sing that song in one of the cubicles at BJ, 5th floor. RM1 for 1 song. Ok what...
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