Today is a cold night | Sunday, 1.50 AM
I am having a cup of iced Milo while looking for songs for the night
There is a song that i used to enjoyed it, old stories
The song's name is-
Tanya Sama itu Hud Hud | M. Nasir
By this song, M. Nasir won in the "Anugerah Juara Lagu ke 9" in category of Pop Rock and Overall best song. It is said that this song is also inspired from famous Malaysian song writer Loloq ( Rosli Khamis).
It is religious-based song but is taken to another level!
I used to sing "Tanya sama itu Hud Hud" happily before, so i think it's the exact time for me to know the meaning of this song. Let's go through it!
First of all, this is based on Google as everyone has their own translation through the song. I am just searching for the meaning of the lyrics and found out this may be interesting to be shared to people.
"Tujuh puluh tiga pintu
Tujuh puluh tiga jalan
Yang sampai hanya satu jalan"
In Islamic view, there is hadith which said that Islam will be divided to 73 groups, but only one group will be going to heaven. This is because other groups are not based on Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah as taught in Islam.
"Ribu-ribu Margasatua
Mencari raja si Muraq
Yang sampai hanya tiga puluh"
This part is based on Persian poem "The Conference of Birds". In this poem, all birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign. The hoopoe that is the wisest of them all, suggest that they should find the legendary Simorgh (which stated as "Si Muraq" in the song). The hoopoe tells the birds that they have to cross seven valleys in order to reach the abode of Simorgh. Margasatua in the song is actually the birds. Only 30 of them managed to find Simorgh. Actually the poem symbolizes about the journey of the poet himself to seek the meaning of life.
"Uuh... Sang Algojo
Uuh... nanti dulu"
Sang Algojo means executioner or hangman that has the authority to legally kill people that is proven guilty in law. But, in this song, Algojo refers to Azrael the "Malaikat Maut" which is also called angel of death in English. In this song, the listener is asked if they can actually postpone their death so that they can ask for forgiveness if given the time by saying "nanti dulu" (wait).
"Lihat dunia dari mata burung
Atau lihat dari dalam tempurung
Yang mana satu engkau pilih"This part says that we should be open minded, widen our view of thinking like birds that see everything from the sky instead of being egoist.
"Dalam kalut ada peraturan
Peraturan cipta kekalutan
Di mana pula kau berdiri
Di sini"
This part tells us that rules and regulation are created from conflict. Then from time to time, people are making new rules causes new ideas to manipulate the rules for their own good. The judgement in law is not really based on justice this time but it is the battle of the mind. It creates confusion as people sometimes use the law not in the right way. The listener is asked at the end of the line "Di mana pula kau berdiri" which the author asked which side will we stand in this mind play.
"Berikan ku kesempatan akhir ini
Untuk menyatakan kalimah sebenar
Berikan ku kesempatan akhir ini"
Can we beg for a delay in our death at the end of our life? In Islam, to declare the truth which in to "untuk menyatakan kalimah sebenar" actually refer to us doing the right thing that is taught in Islam. In my opinion, the author is trying to say to the listener that it is to be regretted if we only want to be better in religious only at the end of our life.
"Tanya sama itu hud-hud
Lang mensilang
Kui mengsikui
Kerana dia yang terbangkan aku ke mari"
Back to the poem of the "Conference of Birds" , the query in this song is started by the hoopoe since that it suggested for all the birds to find Simorgh (Al-Muraq). Lang mensilang kui mengsikui is inspired from Chinese word which means "it is neither human nor ghost".
As I said before, this poem symbolizes the journey of the poet itself to seek for the meaning of life. To fully understand the true meaning of this song, we need to read and understand the poem of Conference of Birds. In my opinion, this song is beautiful and encourages us to seek more knowledge from reading and it is hard to find rich local songs like this nowadays.
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