Performed by Ki Midiyanto, Jesse Snyder, and Benjamin Brinner
Recorded at Fantasy studios in Berkeley, CA, in the summer of 2009
lyrics
Patetan Sanga Wantah
Sang saya dalu araras abyor kang lintang kumedhap,
Titi sonya tengah wengi lumrang gandaning puspita, E---
Karengganing pudyanira, O---ng
Sang dwijawara mbrengengeng,
Lir swaraning madubranta,
Manungsung sarining kembang
In the night when the stars glimmering is consumed by dark
Through this midnight comes the scent of flowers
In the seclusion of a prayer
Dwijawara's humming
Like the voice of the Honeybee
Arousing the essence of the flower
(Translation by JK)
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