Bengawan Solo

By: Yuki Aditya

Bengawan Solo is a very famous Kerontjong song from Indonesia. The song was sung, made, and arranged by Gesang, who passed away recently. There are lots versions in many asian language, and quite widely well-known in Japan since Japan was once colonizing Indonesia. Here are some movies where the song are included. Listen to the song below

01

In the Mood for Love

Wong Kar-wai
02

Stray Dog

Akira Kurosawa
03

The Sun Also Rises

Jiang Wen

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Yuki Aditya

21Jul10

@Cedric, yeah I heard it, but sadly havent seen it

Robert Regan

5Jul10

Yuki, when I heard this song in In the Mood for Love, I thought it sounded familiar, but I did not know where I had heard it before. Now I know, it was in Stray Dog. Thank you for helping my memory, and thank you for presenting this beautiful song. Are these the original words? What do they mean?