Di Wajahmu Ku Lihat Bulan

My mother, Mak Hajah sangat suka dengar radio channel Irama Klasik Nasional. Seingat aku, memang itu lah rangkaian kegemaran Mak Hajah. So, during a week-long school holidays last week, sambil tolong-tolong my mother sediakan juadah berbuka puasa, seminggu jugaklah telinga aku ni dihidangkan dengan lagu-lagu irama 50's sampai la ke 70's. There are , evidently a few songs that I can relate to such as Si Dia by the late Datin Rafe'ah Buang, and Jatuh Cinta by our own suara emas Datuk Sharifah Aini. Every time DSA songs were on air, my mother used to say that Datuk Sharifah Aini voice is like buluh perindu. Aku tak berapa nak faham sangat suara buluh perindu tu macam mana until I really listen to Datuk SA singing Jatuh Cinta. Ada satu verse tu, she sings the whole verse with one breath....hmmmm. Tapi, dalam banyak-banyak lagu oldies tu, there is one particular song which really caught my attention. I can still remember the first time I listen to this song. It was when I was watching 'Perempuan Melayu Terakhir', a movie directed by Erma Fatima. But then the song was delivered by Maman of Teacher's Pet. I was so mesmerised by the song lyrics which tell the feelings of a man longing for an affection from a woman by Mochtar Embut. Soon after, aku terdengar lagu tu di radio by Bing Slamet. Lagu ni sarat dengan pengharapan dan perlambagan bulan yang digunakan oleh sang lelaki to show that betapa terpesonanya beliau sehingga terlihat bulan di wajah perempuan. Tapi lirik sedemikian sudah tidak relevan lagi dengan zaman sekarang, simply because back in the 50's, si pemuja hanya memuja-muja tanpa mahu meluahkan rasa. Zaman sekarang ni susah kalau di pendam-pendam, nanti dapat pulak kat orang lain...nowaday's if you fall for someone, you just tell him/her right away, rejection came later.

After listening to the the song a few times, I asked Mak Hajah, "Mak, sapa lagi nyanyi lagu ni? Mak Hajah kata, "Syarifah Aini dengan Hetty Koes Endang pun ada jugak."

Then I came across Sam Saimun's original rendition of Mochtar Embut's classic composition and I said, this is it, the best ever of Di Wajahmu Ku Lihat Bulan.. enjoy....!

Diwajahmu Kulihat Bulan
Oleh Sam Saimun
Ditulis : Mochtar Embut
Album : Senandong Tanah Ayer-ku (1962)

Di wajahmu kulihat bulan
Bersembunyi di sudut kerlingan
Sadarkah tuan kau di tatap insan
Yang haus akan belaian

Di wajahmu kulihat bulan
Menerangi hati gelap rawan
Biarlah daku mencari naungan
Di wajah damai rupawan

Serasa tiada jauh dan mudah dicapai tangan
Ingin hati menjangkau kiranya tinggi di awan

Di wajahmu kulihat bulan
Yang mengintai di balik senyuman
Jangan biarkan ku tiada berkawan
Hamba menanti kan tuan


This one is Maman (Teacher's Pet) version of the above song

p.s ~ Lagu ni ada maksud disebalik maksud..and I wonder bagaimana ya lelaki boleh terlihat
bulan diwajah seorang wanita?

Credits to: ainulmuaiyanah & pandanwangie...: Salamat sa lahad: