~ mellow Mukhsin ~

So finally long awaited night is here, where we went to watch the much talk about Mukhsin. Reminiscence of ~sweet Sepet~ sets in. The Sam Hui classic tunes that opened and closed the movie Sepet made everybody go sampat over the songs. That was the impact of the Yasmin Ahmad's film that could touch the viewers' heart and leave you with a soft spot. The music from Mukhsin did deliver its mesmerizing wonder too by making you feel *awwwww* so mellow and warm.

The theme song Hujan (Rain) kept ringing in my head, I had to dig out the lyrics to share with you here, for I was curious about what Hujan really meant.

Mega mendung di angkasa
Hembusan bayu dingin terasa
gerimis berderai di merata
bagai mutiara

Rahmat dibawa bersama
Limpahannya meresap dijiwa
adakala bahgia terasa
meskipun duka nestapa

Tika hujan turun
sayup mendayu lagu keroncong
merdu irama dialun
bersenandung

Hujan membasahi bumi
melahirkan keluhuran budi
mengeratkan perpaduan suci
kasih sayang abadi

Then there's also the French song that was very moving too, when looking through the translation, Yasmin's trying to portray Mukhsin's heartbreaking emotion, it's all in the music.

Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don’t Leave Me) - Nina Simone
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier
Tout peut s’oublier
Qui s’enfuit déjà
Oublier le temps
Des malentendus
Et le temps perdu
A savoir comment
Oublier ces heures
Qui tuaient parfois
A coups de pourquoi
Le coeur du bonheur
Ne me quitte pas
Don’t leave me
We must forget
All we can forget all we have done
Let’s forget the cost of the breath
We’ve spent saying words unmeant
And the times we’ve lost hours that must destroy
Never knowing why everything must die at the heart of joy
Don’t leave me

Moi je t’offrirai
Des perles de pluie
Venues de pays
Où il ne pleut pas
Je creuserai la terre
Jusqu’après ma mort
Pour couvrir ton corps
D’or et de lumière
Je ferai un domaine
Où l’amour sera roi
Où l’amour sera loi
Où tu seras reine
Ne me quitte pas
I’ll bring back to you pearls of rain
From a distant land where rain never fell
And until my death I’ll keep mining the ground
To cover your body in gold and light
I’ll build you a domain where love is law
Where love is king and you are queen
Don’t leave me

Ne me quitte pas
Je t’inventerai
Des mots insensés
Que tu comprendras
Je te parlerai
De ces amants-là
Qui ont vue deux fois
Leurs coeurs s’embraser
Je te raconterai
L’histoire de ce roi
Mort de n’avoir pas
Pu te rencontrer
Ne me quitte pas
Don’t leave me
For you I’ll invent
Meaningless words that you will understand
Tales of lovers who fell apart and then fell in love again
I will tell you of a king
Who died from not meeting you
Don’t leave me

On a vu souvent
Rejaillir le feu
De l’ancien volcan
Qu’on croyait trop vieux
Il est paraît-il
Des terres brûlées
Donnant plus de blé
Qu’un meilleur avril
Et quand vient le soir
Pour qu’un ciel flamboie
Le rouge et le noir
Ne s’épousent-ils pas
Ne me quitte pas
Often we’ve seen that flames spill anew
From an ancient volcano we thought too old
When all’s said and done scorched fields
Could give more corn than the finest April
And when evening is nigh with flames overhead
The black and the red aren’t they married in the sky
Don’t leave me

Ne me quitte pas
Je ne vais plus pleurer
Je ne vais plus parler
Je me cacherai là
A te regarder
Danser et sourire
Et à t’écouter
Chanter et puis rire
Laisse-moi devenir
L’ombre de ton ombre
L’ombre de ta main
L’ombre de ton chien
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Don’t leave me
I will cry no more
I will talk no more hide myself
To watch you dance and smile
And hear you sing and laugh
Let me be the shadow of your shadow
The shadow of your hand
The shadow of your dog
Don’t leave me

I can't tell why exactly, but I really like the show inspite of having high hopes prior to watching it. It's no wonder that it won awards and got highly acclaimed. The story itself and even the portrayal & scenery were really so simple in nature, yet it just simply works!

At the end of show, Orked said something about everyone having a first love story. Then she added that everybody gets second chance in love. She'd found hers, have you?