Seulanga The Fallen Flower (Aceh Folksong) Cover

Seulanga merupakan lagu sejuta umat di Aceh dari grup musik fenomenal KANDE BAND. Saya dalam kesempatan ini mencoba mengcovernya dengan versi saya sendiri. Seulanga adalah nama bunga yang terdapat di Aceh. Bunga yang harum semerbak ini sering digunakan oleh para penyair untuk menggambarkan kecantikan seorang dara.

Seulanga is the song of a million people in Aceh from the phenomenal music group KANDE BAND. I am on this occasion trying to cover it with my own version. Seulanga is the name of a flower found in Aceh. This fragrant flower is often used by poets to describe the beauty of a girl.

Here is the lyrics and its translation...

Na bungong Seulanga
Keumang saboh bak tangke
Meubee harom hai sayang
Didalam taman

there is a flower called seulanga
bloom on the stem
as fragrant as the fragrance
in the park

Tatem beutatem sibu
Bungong nyak leuhu (2x)

Let's watering it
Let it growing well

Oh kalayee teuka
Seulanga nyan gadoh mangat bee (2x)

when it withers dry
Seulanga lost its smell

Wahee bungong ceudah hana ban
Tamse nyak dara yang canden rupa
Diteuka bala dijak peuayang
Uroe ngon malam bungong didoda

O beautiful flower
Like a beautiful charming girl
Bad things come to play with it
Day and night it was seduced

Sayang sayang leupah that sayang
Oh troh bak watee bungong pih malang
Kahabeh duroh bak tangke leukang
Keubit that sayang naseb Seulanga

Oh dear it's very unfortunate
It's very unfortunate when its time came
All had fallen from the stalk
Very unfortunate fate seulanga

With Love,

Reza Sofyan