Songs of the Grass Roots
the roads are widened,
we are displaced,
building the kampung, evicted,
we move and move,
sticking onto walls,
uprooted,
thrown out; we grasses need land, listen!
Join us, let’s become the president’s nightmare!
(Translation of Nyanyian Akar Rumput)
English Translations from Bahasa Indonesia by
Doreen Lee
Department of Anthropology, Cornell University
Source:
The Indonesian Studies Working Papers
No.3 September 2007
University of Sydney.
Url: https://sydney.edu.au/arts/indonesian/docs/USYD-IS_Lee_TakingTheStreets.pdf