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Monday, 24 September 2007

The Ode was sung to the tune composed by Anthony Burgess himself. It became the College song for a very short while, as JDR Howell the HM who was vehemently anti-Burgess didnot support its continuation beyond the few instances it was sung under the batonship of teacher Yusuf Tajuddin. Anyway the tune would perhaps not catch-on to Malay ears but the lyrics manifest adequately the objectives and aspirations of the College motto: Fiat Sapientia Virtus (=Let Manliness and Wisdom prevail), just describing an earnest sincere and plain hope and serious endeavour for MCKKians without making any claims to heroism and credit. That should be for others to decide and evaluate.

The Malay version is not a direct translation but an atempt at the translation (i.e. plus interpretation) of the spirit of the Ode to MCKK i.e. Fiat Sapientia Virtus.

Perhaps the Board of Governors, MCOBA, PTA and the College should choose to adopt it as the alternate anthem for MCKK. If it so does, I recommend that the song be sung to the tune of "Hidup Melayu" which was composed and sung when the Pekembar/UMNO flag was first unfurled by the late Sultan Badlishah of Kedah, on 27 07 1946 in front of the Francis Light School just before the Pekembar held its third Supreme Council meeting. That song was the 'new Malay National Anthem' as described by Hashim Sam Latiff that MCKK boys proudly sang when the Pekembar/UMNO flag was raised by the British headmaster on the Malay College main mast on Federation (of Malaya)Day, 01 02 1948, to replace the FMS and the Union Jack/Malayan Union flag.

FIAT SAPIENTIA VIRTUS

We offer our youth
To the world we build
With courage and truth
And love fulfilled

A city will rise
That is bright and fair
Into cloudless skies
And fresh clean air

Proudly we’ll serve
With faith will strain
Muscle and nerve
And heart and brain

‘til wisdom descends
Like a silver dove
‘til evil ends
And the law is love

[An Ode to MCKK
by Anthony Burgess 1954]

JADILAH KESATRIA BUDIMAN

Di sinilah belia kami
Dididik untuk menjadi
Kesatria tulus dan berani
Untuk bangsa yang dikasihi

Negara tercinta akan dibina
Yang saksama dan sempurna
Masyarakat unggul akan dijana
Tiada mudarat dan bencana

Dengan bangga kami berjasa
Dengan iman kami berusaha
Sedaya kudrat kami yang ada
Sepenuh minda dan juga jiwa

Hingga mencapai kemuliaan budi
Pada setiap tutur dan pekerti
Mudarat dan maksiat pasti dikeji
Syarak dan Adab dijunjung tinggi

[Tafsiran dalam bahasa Melayu
oleh SD pada 19 08 2007]

  

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kalau lagu and poem jerr yg mampu kita buat, mengamalkan jauh sekali, mampu ke nak jd kesatria budiman what so ever? sekadar renungan..
kepada budak2 batch kita yg aktif dalam mcoba, moga2 mcoba mampu menjadi pihak yg membantu koleq, bukannya membuntukan keadaan.. tak phm? korek larr sendiri...
daa...
Muhammad Izzat bin Md Jonid , October 11, 2007
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izzat,ko dr dlu ske berkias..trus trng kan bgus..haha
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aper maksud ko izzat??
syahidiamri , October 30, 2007
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korang harus tau apa ug mcoba buat kat koleq skrg..and korang kena analyze sama ada apa yg mcoba buat tu utk kebaikan koleq atau kepentingan peribadi org2 tertentu kat mcoba jerr..harus semua org jgn obsessed sgt dgn mcoba..
Muhammad Izzat bin Md Jonid , November 03, 2007
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Aku sentiasa berada d belakang Dato' Izzat
Adzlan Fadzli , November 07, 2007
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dato larr sangat..huhu..
anyway jangan larr ada yg terasa pulak.. aku kan macam cakap straight forward skit.. malas nak lapik2, org melayu ni bukan nak phm makan2 dlm ni..
Muhammad Izzat bin Md Jonid , November 23, 2007

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