Ibu Pertiwi (song)

Ibu Pertiwi is a popular Indonesian patriotic song composed by unknown composer around the 1950s to 1960s. The song's lyrics is about Ibu Pertiwi, national personification of Indonesia. It is normally sung by Indonesian children, elementary and secondary school students, or played during Indonesian Independence Day celebration.

Lyrics

The lyric is as follows:

Original lyrics

(in Indonesian)

First verse:

Kulihat ibu pertiwi

Sedang bersusah hati

Air matamu berlinang

Mas intanmu terkenang

Hutan gunung sawah lautan

Simpanan kekayaan

Kini ibu sedang susah

Merintih dan berdoa

Second verse:

Kulihat ibu pertiwi

Kami datang berbakti

Lihatlah putra-putrimu

Menggembirakan ibu

Ibu kami tetap cinta

Putramu yang setia

Menjaga harta pusaka

Untuk nusa dan bangsa

Translation

First verse:

I see Mother Pertiwi

(She is) in sorrow

Your tears is flowing

Remembering your (lost) golds and diamonds

Jungles, mountains, paddy fields, and the seas

Storing the treasure (richness)

Now mother is sad

Sighing and praying

Second verse:

I see Mother Pertiwi

We come to serve (you)

Behold your sons and daughters

Will make mother happy

Mother, we stil love (you)

Your faithful sons

Guarding the heirloom

For homeland and nation

Adoption of Christian Hymn music

Although the lyrics was originally composed, the music and melody of this song somehow resembled the a Christian hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus originally written by Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855. In Indonesia, the hymn is known as "Yesus Kawan Sejati" and is sung in Indonesian by Batak people in Protestant churches in Indonesia. The majority of Indonesians are muslim and consequently the hymn is not widely known. Probably prior 1967 the same music was adopted by an unknown composer of Ibu Pertiwi song.

See also

• Ibu Pertiwi

External links

• http://organisasi.org/ibu-pertiwi-lirik-lagu-anak-anak-musik-nasional-lawas-indonesia