By: Hartoyo Andangdjaya ⠀
1973
All the strong women who carry the baskets amidst the darkest morning,
Where do they all come from?
To the station they come, from the villages by the hills
Before the whistle of the train wakes up
Before the day starts in a labour festival
All the strong women who carry the baskets amidst the darkest morning,
Where do they all go to?
On the wheels of steel they ride
They are racing with the sun to the gate of the city
Seizing the lives in the markets of the city
All the strong women who carry the baskets amidst the darkest morning,
Who are they?
They are mothers with steel hearts,
Mighty women
The roots that crawl from the land on the hills down to the city
They are, the love that stir the lives of the village for the village
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