">> to the memory of my beloved dad... " a Surabaya Travel Page by ukirsari

PERPISAHAN AGUNG
[our last enchanting farewell]

Ketika tembakan salvo memecah hening rembang petang
Bersamaan petimu perlahan turun
Berpayung sang Merah Putih
Kami di sini memaknai
: Inilah perpisahan agung kita, Papa
dalam tempo tanpa satuan waktu
[whenever the salvo guns tear the emptiness of an afternoon sky
according your coffin slowly moving down to the motherland
below our national flag, the red and white
we’re here understanding completely
: this is our last goodbye, Papa
forever and ever after, with undefinited time to meet each other again]

Dari Acapulco hingga Guam
Dari Tanjung Pinang sampai Ambon
Kemana kapalmu berlayar
Kepada siapa engkau berbakti
[from Acapulco to guam
from tanjung pinang to ambon
to wherever your ship will sailing away
to whom you dedicated your life]

Di sini kami berdiri
Pada sebuah dermaga
Saat mana para putra-putrimu melambai bangga
Menyaksikanmu dalam parade
: Sailing Pass
[we’re here standing
in a harbour
whenever your children waving proudly
watching you in a parade
: the sailing pass]

Hingga tiba pada suatu ketika
Kami kembali melambaikan tangan
Tapi untuk melepasmu pergi selamanya
Pada keluasan samudra milik Allah
Berteman bulan dan bintang gemintang
: Lentera di langit malam
[until the time to come
we’re here again to waving you
but this is for the last time
to attending your enchanting farewell
let you sail to the ocean of Allah’s
companied by moon and the stars
: lanterns in the night sky]

“Mrene Ngger, tak aras dhisik” Ke sinilah Sayang, agar Papa bisa mencium dahimu dulu
: Tak akan ada lagi kalimat itu buat selamanya
[“come here my beloved children, let your Papa kisses your forehead before you go
: this words will never be heard again by us]

Kami rindu peluk dan ciummu
Pa, cintamu adalah segala
Tatapanmu adalah semangat
Dan senyummu adalah penyejuk jiwa
Selamat jalan, Papa
Datanglah keharibaan semesta
[we miss your hugs and kisses
Pa, your love is everything
Your vision is a support
And your smile is something comfy our souls
Goodbye Papa
Let your soul floating in the universe]

* ukirsari, 190207, saliman 22 *

~ from peter 'loisl':

A new day has started. A day to remember our beloved ones, but also a day to look forward for a new life. The sad moments in our life will remember us how good our life is usually. He will go now to a better world and he will always look after us.
[hari yang baru telah dimulai. Saat untuk mengenang seseorang yang kita kasihi, tapi juga saat untuk menatap ke depan. Masa berkabung ini mengingatkan kita, betapa indahnya kehidupan kami bersama beliau. Ia akan menapaki dunia baru dan senantiasa menjaga kita di sini].

... Surabaya, oh Surabaya, oh Surabaya. Kota kenangan, kota kenangan tak 'kan terlupa. Di sanalah, di sanalah, di Surabaya. Kota kenangan, kota kenangan, tak 'kan terlupa. Kuteringat masa yang telah lalu. Beribu nyawa, beribu jiwa bertaruh satu. Di sanalah, di sanalah, di Surabaya. Kami berjuang, kami berjuang bertaruh nyawa ....

[Surabaya oh my beloved Surabaya. My memory about you is still alive. In this city, in Surabaya. An old memoir for those who keep this city from the conquerors. Thousands souls, thousands heroes will make beloved Surabaya still exist. Because all of us will take a battle for your own sake]

That's a heroic song for my beloved hometown Surabaya --which I know this very well since I was a kid.
Surabaya or known as City of The Heroes is the big city number two after Jakarta as the capital of Indonesia. It's became an important city during the Dutch Aggression in Indonesia at 1945. Also becomes an important harbour for the eastern of Indonesia archipelago (from Kalimantan, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua).

To see the heroism of Surabaya people for send away the conquerors (the Dutch and the Britons), we can see Bung Tomo's activities during the August, 1945. Everyday and night, he go to the radio station and reading poems, asking the people to use 'bambu runcing' (sharpened bamboo) for an open war versus the aggressors, then coordining the youth heroes to go to Yamato Hotel (known as Majapahit Hotel after World War II), through to the tower and rip the Dutch national flag; red-white-blue, becomes red and white, our National flag (bendera merah putih). Later, I read this heroic acts in a great book 'Revolusi Nusa Damai' (Revolt in Paradise) by Ktut Tantri, a woman from Isle of Man --who became a godchild of King of Klungkung (Bali) also has a good relationship with our first President; Mr. Soekarno. And her book, really, inspired me to be a good author someday :)

Meanwhile, in the ancient time of history, Surabaya also had a great kingdom called Majapahit --with capital city Mojokerto, about 100 km from Surabaya. Under initiative of prime-minister Gadjah Mada, Majapahit succesfully made our archipelago as a united. And even bigger than Indonesia nowadays, because Thailand, Madagascar, India, Malay Peninsula (Malaysia and Singapore) and half of Indo-China also became parts of Majapahit. All of them (including Indonesia) are called 'Nusantara' acronym from Nusa di Antara (lands surrounding by oceans, because Indonesia is an archipelago surrounded by South China Sea and Indian Ocean then Pacific Ocean). And this success happened because of supporting acts from Admiral Nala, a famous sailorman during Majapahit era (then in the 20th century, name of Gadjah Mada was given to a famous university in Jogjakarta, meanwhile Nala adopted for an Indonesian Navy's submarine; KRI Nala. Another submarines are; Cakra, Nenggala and Pasopati).
In the beginning, Majapahit people were runaway people from Mataram Hindu --which doesn't want to changes their religion from Hindu to Islam (muslim). Then, whenever merchants from Indian, Parsi and Malay and also Mataram Islam's (Jogjakarta) troopers were coming to Majapahit for telling them about this religion, they're still insist to be Hindu, and runaway again to Mt. Bromo (which has their traditional ceremony called 'Kasodho') and Bali.
* Something that make me so proud according the history of Majapahit is their words "Tanggwa Aju Manggala Yudha" in Sanskrit language (means "For the knights, we're always keep 'ever onward never retreat'.") which my anchestors adopted for our family name 'Manggala' (The Knight) and because I am a girl, my surname becomes 'Manggalani'. Thanks for my ancestors :)