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Memetik rasa sakitku dengan jari-jarinya
Singing my life with his words
Menyanyikan hidupku dengan kata-katanya
Killing me softly with his song
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
Killing me softly with his song
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
Telling my whole life with his words
Menceritakan seluruh hidupku dengan kata-katanya
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
I heard he sang a good song
Aku dengar dia menyayikan lagu indah
I heard he had a style
Aku dengar dia punya gaya
And so I came to see him
Maka aku datang padanya
To listen for a while
Tuk mendengarkan sejenak
And there he was this young boy
Dan ada anak muda disana
A stranger to my eyes
Yang asing dimataku
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I felt all flushed with fever
Ku merasa semuanya memerah disertai panas dingin
Embarassed by the crowd
Malu karna banyal orang
I felt he found my letters
Ku rasa dia menemukan semua surat-suratku
And read each one out loud
Dan membacanya satu persatu dengan keras
I prayed that he would finish
Aku berharap dia tak membaca sampai selesai
But he just kept right on
Namun dia tetap terus membaca
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He sang as if he knew me
Dia bernyanyi seolah-olah dia tahu diriku
In all my dark despair
Dalam semua keputusasaanku
And then he looked right through me
Dan dia menatap menembus diriku
As if I wasn't there
Seolah-olah aku tak disana
And he just kept on singing
Dan dia terus bernyanyi
Singing clear and strong
Menyanyi sangat jelas dan keras
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Strumming my pain with his fingers
Memetik rasa sakitku dengan jari-jarinya
Singing my life with his words
Menyanyikan hidupku dengan kata-katanya
Killing me softly with his song
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
Killing me softly with his song
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
Telling my whole life with his words
Menceritakan seluruh hidupku dengan kata-katanya
Killing me
Membunuhku
He was strumming my pain
Dia tlah memetik rasa sakitku
Yeah, he was singing my life
Yeah, dia telah menyanyikan hidupku
Killing me softly with his song
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
Membunuhku perlahan dengan lagunya
Telling my whole life with his words
Menceritakan seluruh hidupku dengan kata-katanya
Killing me softly
Membunuhku perlahan
With his song
Dengan lagunya