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Seroja ft. Ugoran Prasad (Live at Teater Garasi)

by hara

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Seroja is a song written by Rara Sekar to celebrate the life and art of a close friend and mentor, Gunawan Maryanto, who suddenly passed away in October 2021. In Seroja, hara shares her experience going through grief as it is, without the need for her to present it as either a beautiful or romantic feeling. “Grief is something inevitable in life, everyone has or will experience it. But the loss of Mas C (or Mas Cindhil, Gunawan Maryanto’s nickname) was my first time losing a close friend. Losing him made me realize that however frequent we experience loss, grief is always new, always heartbreaking.”

And each tear

is a bud of prayer
And grief
is love that couldn’t have been

In this song, hara also weaves her lyrics with a reading of the poem Jeda yang Ajaib (A Magical Interlude), performed and written by Gunawan Maryanto himself. This poem was published on Gunawan Maryanto’s Instagram account on March 27, 2020, one of several poems that he wrote during the early months of the pandemic quarantine. Gunawan Maryanto was a theater director, writer, actor and artist in residence of Teater Garasi. Gunawan Maryanto passed away on October 6, 2021 due to a heart attack. Seroja was released by hara on April 10, 2022, the day Gunawan Maryanto was supposed to have turned 46 years old.

This is a live version featuring Ugoran Prasad from Majelis Lidah Berduri (formerly Melancholic Bitch), who is a very dear friend of Gunawan Maryanto.

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Seroja - hara

Bunga seroja
mekar mengabarkan duka
Ragamu usai
hanya namamu tertinggal

Terang, terangkan
mengapa
di antara sejuta
kau yang diambilnya?

Dan air mata
adalah sekuncup doa
Dan duka cita
cinta yang tak sempat ada

Sampai, sampaikan padaNya
antarku jauh
semakin jauh dan
jatuh di tempat yang sama
denganmu

Untuk jeda yang tiba-tiba
Cerita cinta bisa jadi apa saja
Ingatan jumpalitan berebut tempat
Rebut saja yang sanggup
Ambil saja yang mewujud
Hari ini mungkin pertama
Malam ini mungkin terakhir
Ambil seluruh yang mungkin
Waktu sedang cemburu
atau membencimu
Tapi demikianlah
Ini semua berlangsung
dalam jeda yang ajaib.

English translation:

Lotus - hara

The lotus flower
blooms to tell a story of loss
Your body is no longer
only your name remains

Enlighten, enlighten me
why
in a million
you were the one taken?

And each tear

is a bud of prayer
And grief
is love that couldn’t have been

So tell, tell Her
to carry me far,

farther, then
release me
wherever
you are now

In an unforeseen interlude
A love story can be anything
Memories somersaulting, fighting for a place
Seize whatever is possible
Grab whatever is left
Today may be the first
Tonight may be the last
Take in all that is possible
Time is envious
or it maybe loathes you
But alas
It’s all progressing
Within this magical interlude.

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released April 10, 2023
Written by Rara Sekar Larasati
Performed by hara, Ugoran Prasad
Produced by Rara Sekar Larasati
“Jeda yang Ajaib”, a poem by Gunawan Maryanto
Mixed and Mastered by FA Poetra Tiardha
Artwork by Kurniadi Widodo.

2023 © Akar Wangi Records & REDROSE Records

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hara is Indonesian singer-songwriter Rara Sekar’s solo project. Her music blends inspiration from folk with Indonesian traditional music, cinematic pop, ambient and field recording with a focus on exploring themes of ecology, vulnerability and politics. Her work is an interdisciplinary practice that weaves together music, social-cultural research and critical pedagogy. ... more

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