Bengawan Solo.... Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan

Bengawan Solo,
(known for the discovery of Homo erectus Soloensis on the bank of the river Solo)

I miss you very much
Solo,
a calm and beautiful town in Central Java,
where the current president was born,
lies on the amazing Solo-river

least water in the eastern monsoon,
in the western monsoon
the water flows on all banks,

what has conquered my heart,
is the fact that it once ever touched my heart,

pearls of water splash from the depths,
you should have seen it yourself,
and experienced!

just a gem to feel all those cool splashes on your warm skin,

that song Bengawan Solo came out of this,
what a power and source of benefit it is,
that people sing about it and consider it their own beloved,
very romantic....

the song Bengawan Solo is written
as Ode for this beautiful river in the Southern Orient


© Sylvbia Frances Chan
Tuesday 3o June 2020