O God, Guide my steps

Tue 03/03/2026

This is a popular Indonesian Christian prayer song. I learned it during my undergraduate days in the early 1980s. Today, I'd like to post its lyrics and guitar chords here along with my translation into English. The English lyrics are "singable" in the original tune.

Oh Tuhan Pimpinlah Langkahku

Key: C

  C    F    C — Am
Oh Tuhan pimpinlah langkahku
  Dm    G    C — G
Ku tak b'rani jalan sendiri
  C    F    Em — Am
SertaMu itulah doaku
  Dm    G7    C
Ajarku merendahkan diri

  Dm    G    Em — Am
Menurut FirmanMu s'tiap hari
  D  D7    G    D/A  G/B  G
Jadikan pelita dalam g'lap
  C    C7    F  F#o
Mencari domba yang sesat
  Em    Am    Dm    G  C
Itulah kerinduan jiwaku

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O God, Guide my steps

O my God, guide my steps, lead my way
I'm afraid, I dare not walk alone
To be with you, O LORD, this I pray
May I learn to humble myself

To abide by your word day by day
As a light that shines in the dark
To look for lost sheep on the way
That, O God, is the longing of my soul

English lyrics by Harold Huang
Tue 03/03/2026 17:35 hrs GMT+8
#songs #heartfelt

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Vibrations of the soul

GETARAN JIWA 1958 — VIBRATIONS OF THE SOUL

Singable English lyrics,
my version . . . Updated with rhyming on 2026-03-25

VERSE 1:
Getaran jiwa, melanda hatiku
Vibrations of the soul, they flood into my heart

Tersusun nada, irama dan lagu
The tones, the me-lody, a song it does impart

CHORUS:
Walau hanya sederhana
Although it's only a sim-ple tune

Tetapi tak mengapa
It doesn't matter to me

Moga dapat membangkitkan
May it bring about an awakening

Sedarlah kamu wahai insan
Won't you wake up, my friend, and see

VERSE 2:
Tak mungkin hilang, Irama dan lagu
It never goes away, this melody and song

Bagaikan kumbang, Sentiasa bermadu
Like bees and flowers, with honey all day long

ENDING:
Andai dipisah lagu dan irama
And if torn apart, the song from melody

Lemah tiada berjiwa, hampa
I will be weak and lifeless, emp—ty . . .

Vibrations of the soul
English lyrics by Harold Huang
1st edition 27Aug24 1848 hrs
2nd edition 25Mar26 GMT+8
#song #daydreams #heartfelt

• Getaran Jiwa — P Ramlee

My Ringgit goes Shalalalala

Written in 20161113, posted here today, a parody about the shrinking Malaysian Ringgit, sung to the tune of Shalalalala.

My ringgit goes shalala lala . . .

There's a ringgit in my purse and its value has been sinking,
All the way to the day and the night till dark clouds surround me.
He's going down for some time, now that started me thinking.
And I'm singing a song, hoping he'll bounce back when he hears me.

[Chorus]

My ringgit goes shalala lala,
going down in the morning,
Oh oh oh, shalala lala,
when will it ever see sunshine.
Shalala lala,
losing its value in the evening.
Shalala lala,
making life hard for you . . .

#PoetryByHaroldHuang

The Sound of Ignorance

Written seven years ago as a personal note, on 20120523 0043hr.
Posted here today 20191022.

The Sound of Ignorance.
(Sung to the tune of Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence)

Hello, students my old friends,
I'm here to talk to you again,
Because a thought is slowly rising
In my mind it's not surprising,
That the ideas that are carried in my thought
Will not be sought
. . . amidst the sound of ignorance.

In sleepy class I teach alone
To blank expressions cold as stone.
'Neath the shadow of a fluorescent lamp,
I am talking to a mindless camp,
When my words are stopped by the ringing of your phone -
A startling tone
. . . it breaks the sound of ignorance.

In the fluorescent light I see
Thirty people minus three,
People chatting while I'm speaking,
People sleeping and not listening,
People sending texts to others everywhere,
And no one cares
. . . about the sound of ignorance.

There's something you do not know:
Ignorance like cancer grows.
Hear my words and let me speak to you.
Take my hand and let me lead you.
But my words - flow like water from the rain,
Into the drain
. . . drowned by the sound of ignorance.

And you students laughed and played
With the avatars you've made.
Then your phone flashed out a warning,
as its battery charge is waning,
But the warning of your teacher you ignored,
And you're bored
. . . amidst the sound of ignorance.

(by Harold Huang, 23-5-2012 0043 hr)

Haze, Dude

The haze is all around us in Malaysia . . .

Haze, Dude, don't make it bad,
It's been so long, yet not gettin' better.
Remember who let all the fires spread,
Only you can start to make things better

Haze, Dude, we're so afraid,
You were supposed to put out the fires.
The minute you let them burn all your greens,
Then you'll never begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel our pain,
Hey, Dude, refrain,
Don't carry the fires upon your jungles.
For well you know that we're no fools,
Who asks you to
Start making our world a little cooler.

Nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nah, nah nah . . .