Bersukaria, The Only Song Written by Sukarno
“Mari kita bergembira sukaria bersama
Hilangkan sedih dan duka mari nyanyi bersama
Lenyapkan duka lara bergembira semua
Lalalaalaa laaaa la mari bersuka ria”
You might be aware with Bersukaria Tour but maybe you would like to know the history behind our names. Literally, in Indonesian language Bersukaria means to have fun wholeheartedly. That’s what you will get if you’re going to spend days on vacation with us, to have fun! Beside this is what we are doing and how do we spend most of our time, bersukaria, it also has a history behind it. It was the only song written by Sukarno, Indonesia’s first president.
One day when he was sitting with Indonesian musician Jack Lesmana in 1965, President Sukarno wrote a song and Jack helped him to create the music. The music was composed using the genre that Indonesian called Lenso. Lenso is a slow paced, relaxed and also create the cheerful ambient when you listen to it. The music itself is so cheerful and the lyric is simple so people won’t find difficulties in memorize it. The song itself was popular in 1965.
This song was written for two purposes. First to raise the awareness of people toward political awareness and to teach people to get easy with life albeit the life is very tough. We have to always feel happy in every thing that we do.
Lyrics
Mari kita bergembira sukaria bersama
Hilangkan sedih dan duka mari nyanyi bersama
Lenyapkan duka lara bergembira semua
Lalalaalaa laaaa la mari bersuka ria
Siapa bilang bapak dari blitar
Bapak kita dari prambanan
Siapa bilang rakyat kita lapar
Indonesia banyak makanan
Mari kita bergembira sukaria bersama
Hilangkan sedih dan duka mari nyanyi bersama
Lenyapkan duka lara bergembira semua
Lalalaa lalala lalaaaala mari bersuka ria
Tukang sayur nama si salim
Menjualnya ke jalan lembang
Indonesia anti nekolim
Para seniman turut berjuang
Jalan-jalan ke Surabaya
Lebih cantik memakai pita
Janganlah sering memandang saya
Nanti bisa jatuh cinta
Mari kita bergembira suka ria bersama
Hilangkan sedih dan duka mari nyanyi bersama
Lenyapkan duka lara bergembira semua
Lalalalala lalaaala mari bersuka ria
Pagar kawat pagar berduri
Cat basah jatuh di kabel
Kalau niat mencari istri
saya pilih yang pinter nyambel
Mari kita bergembira suka ria bersama
Hilangkan sedih dan duka mari nyanyi bersama
Lenyapkan duka lara bergembira semua
Lalalalala lalaaala mari bersuka ria
