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Pancasila. In 10 Languages.

I've got nothing better to post than this one, based on a forwarded message that entered my inbox from some genius--could've been You. It's about the beautiful yet long marginalized or misunderstood Five Principles of Indonesia. I just translated the introductory sentence--and the English version. Enjoy!

"To commemorate Indonesia's Independence on the 17th of August, 2006 in this era of regional autonomy, it is therefore deemed necessary, when necessities arise, that we pronounce out loud Pancasila in the vernacular in which it is commemorated; hence the following versions".

Pancasila (Indonesian)
1. Ketuhanan Yang Maha Esa
2. Kemanusiaan Yang Adil Dan Beradab
3. Persatuan Indonesia
4. Kerakyatan Yang Dipimpin Oleh Hikmat Kebijaksanaan Dalam Permusyawaratan/Perwakilan
5. Keadilan Sosial Bagi Seluruh Rakyat Indonesia

The Five Principles (English)

1. Belief in the one and only God
2. Just and civilized humanity
3. The unity of Indonesia
4. Democracy guided by the inner wisdom in the unanimity arising out of deliberations amongst representatives
5. Social justice for the whole of the people of Indonesia

Pancasila (Jawa)
siji: Gusti Alllah ora ono kancane
loro: Dadi wong kudu sing adil lan ojo kejem-kejem
telu: Indonesia bersatu kabeh
papat: karo tonggo-tonggo nek ono masalah diomongno bareng-bareng opo o
limo: mangan ra mangan sing penting kumpul

Pancasila (Sunda)
Hiji: Gusti Allah eta sorangan sareng ageng pisan
Dua: ka sorangan teh sikapna kudu sami, ulah ngabeda-beda keun..
Tilu: Indonesia kuduna mah jadi hiji
Opat: Ra'yat Indonesia sae na pang mutuskeun sagala teh disepakatkeun heula. Kedah bager lan bijaksana
Lima: Ceunah teh sikap sosialna kudu adil hiji sareng batur.


Pancasila (Batak Toba)
Sada: Dang adong na pajago-jagohon di jolo ni Debata
Dua : Maradat tu sude jolma
Tolu : Punguan ni halak Indonesia
Opat : Marbadai ... marbadai, dungi mardame
Lima : Godang pe habis saotik pe sukkup


Poncosilo (Jawa kromo)
Kaping setunggal: Gusti ingkang Maha satunggal
Kaping kalih: Tiang ingkang Adil lan beradab
Kaping tiga: Persetunggalan Indonesia
Kaping sekawan: Kerakyatan ingkang dipimpin kaliyan hikmat lan kewicaksonoan dateng permusyawaratan kang diwakilkan.
Kaping gangsal:Adil kang sosial kangge sakabehe tiang Indonesia

Pancasila (Palembang)
Sute: Tuhan ne sute tu'la
Due: jelme harus khapat same rate
Tige: jelme Indones iane bersatu padu
Empat: jeleme Indonesiane diketuci ngai hikmah dimane ngedapatkan jawaban dadi gegale masalah
Leme: kesameratean hidup ne jelmekangok Indonesia...

Pancasila (Ambon)
1. Torang samua tawu cuma ada Tuang Allah yaitu Tete manu...
2. Orang ambon samu harus tau adat
3. Acang deng obet harus bisa bakubae
4. Paitua deng maitua harus bae-bae di rumah rakyat
5. Samu harus bisa jaga diri karna ambon lapar makan orang....... ...

Pancasila (Manado)
1. Cuma boleh ba satu Tuhan
2. Selalu adil kong ja pake ontak
3. Torang samua satu, Bangsa Indonesia
4. Tu rakyat musti slalu bakumpul kong bicara bae-2 spy slalu ada kaputusan gagah yg semua trima deng nang hati.
5. voor seluruh ra kyat Indonesia, nyanda ada tu jabaku kase beda-2 perlakuan.

Pancasilo (Padang)
Ciek: Bintang Basagi Limo
Duo: Rantai pangikek kudo
Tigo: pohon baringin gadang ta'mpek kito bacinto
Ampek: kapalo banteng bataduk duo
Limo: padi jo kapeh pambaluik nan luko..

Qana

1/

To whom words are mightier than swords
Be warned, for woes may thee betide

After our pride, land, offsprings and lives
what more of us can be deprived?

Virtuousness and compliance
are being ridiculed by this persecution

Avarice rules the world, conscience eclipsed
by Darwinian aggression

Peace is a piece of cake offered at a gunpoint
Truth always the one from a certain viewpoint

To whom words are mightier than swords
be wary, for words may be merely as shorter
than swords as our untimely departure


2/

To whom swords are mightier than words
be assured: woes will thee betide

Virtuousness and compliance
do not expire with persecution

While avarice feeds on itself
aggression only breeds violence

The Peace offered at a gunpoint
and the Truth in between ruins
are but sources of self-inflicted pain

Swords return to sheaths where they belong
and get eaten away by time before too long
the blast of words, as soon as they explode
is a flame time can neither put out nor corrode

july 31 - aug. 2, 2006
by tjipoetat quill
http://www.poemhunter.com/tjipoetat-quill/poet-162360/