Orang Bangla

Orang Bangla, Orang Bangla Whither goest thou? Poor Orang! Need a job, right now? Come hither, come hither No worry, at all Money is calling you, dear Bangal. Sweep my premises, cut the backyard trees, I’ll sacrifice full ten ringits. Need you lodging? Why am I here, Orang? Go thither, go thither Live with the cows, there’s dung Only, innocent animal litter. Coming straight from Kualalampur? What? From Muradpur to Kualalampur? I see, you speak some English, You educated? Want to establish By working in Ringitpur? Ok, Orang, start journey To feed your family distant You need to eat on this instant? Long journey? Long time? Orang, so what? Need you rest? NO, Orang, do your best. I’m a kind Malay-Tamil, Ok Orang, take two biscuits for meal. What? Tea? No tea, no tea, Life’s not so easy. Now Orang, lets talk business, Give me your passport Life, after all, is not all easiness. Ten ringit full And live by the cow and bull. What? More? Payment on weekend? You’ll get it at your life’s end In Malaysia. Hey Orang, what? Eight weeks’ ringit? Look Orang, you have no account Even cows steal here To me your money is safe and sound. What? Need to telephone to home? Why bother them? Here you are at home. Tell again- You have a sweetheart? Need to phone her? NO. Go and work- She has no wings to fly elsewhere, Bangla’s Tunku Zafar. Will not work? Your father will work. Want to leave Malaysia? Without passport you are in Siberia. Why persist, Orang? You came here through water and forests dense On Tarzan visa. Should I call your father, police? ‘Hello, Inspector Tansri Wahab’- What? Will work? You naughty, orang otang