Semoga Bahagia
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Semoga Bahagia is a Malay song composed by the famous composer Zubir Said. Zubir Said also composed many other songs, among them Majulah Singapura which was adopted as the National Anthem of Singapore.
Semoga Bahagia is the official Children's Day song in Singapore, celebrated on the first Friday of October since 2011. Before 2011, Children's Day used to be celebrated on October 1 annually.
The song depicts the values that youths should possess, encourages them to pursue their dreams, prove their value to the world, and wishes them success and happiness in their lives.
It became the Ministry of Education's official children's day song in 1970.
Malay lyrics
Semoga Bahagia (Children's Day Song) by Zubir Said
- Sama-sama maju kehadapan
- Pandai cari pelajaran
- Jaga diri dalam kesihatan
- Serta sopan-santun dengan kawan-kawan
- Dengan hati bersih serta suci
- Sama-sama hormat dan berbudi
- Jaga tingkah pemuda-pemudi
- Adat dan budaya junjung tinggi
- Capailah lekas cita-cita pemudi-pemuda
- Supaya kita ada harga di mata dunia
- Kalau kita lengah serta lupa
- Hidup kita sia-sia
- Jiwa besar sihat serta segar
- Rajin dengan sabar tentu bahagia
- Lemah lembut perangai pemudi
- Cergas tangkas wataknya pemuda
- Suka rela selalu berbakti
- Sikap yang pembela dan berjasa
- Capailah nama yang mulia pemudi-pemuda
- Rajinlah supaya berjaya semoga bahagia
English translation
May You Achieve Happiness
- Together we progress onward
- Clever at seeking knowledge
- Take care of your health
- And be courteous to your friends
- With a heart that is clean and pure
- Together we respect and do good
- Watch your behaviour, oh youths
- Customs and cultures, hold them high
- Quickly reach your ambitions, oh youths
- So that we'll have our worth, in the eyes of the world
- If we are lazy and forgetful
- Our lives are for nothing
- A good soul, a healthy and fresh mind
- Hard work and patience, definitely brings happiness
- Soft-spoken is the lady
- Energetic and tenacious is the man
- Charitable, always contributing
- Protecting and giving service
- Attain a respectable position, oh youths
- Be hardworking so that you will succeed, may you achieve happiness