Fernando

Kemaren saya ke Gramedia Merdeka. Di salah satu konter buku diskon, saya melihat majalah lirik lagu milik ABBA. Begitu saya melihatnya, tanpa sengaja halaman pertama yang terbuka adalah lirik lagu Fernando. Saya langsung saja nyanyi sendiri, karena ga tau bagaimana awalnya, saya tanyakan saja pada mba' dewi. Mba' Dewi ikutan nyanyi deh...
Lagu ini mengingatkan saya pada sebuah artikel yang membahas tentang Fernando Torres, bomber baru andalan Liverpool. Tapi sekarang lagu ini tidak hanya sekadar 'Fernondo Torres' tapi juga 'hal lainnya'. menurut saya lagunya bagus. Suka.

Can you hear the drums fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I’m not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando

Now we’re old and grey fernando
And since many years I haven’t seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums fernando?
Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the rio grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando
Yes, if I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, fernando...