Remembering friends in Bandung

Once in a while i can't help but remember you -
all my dear friends in beautiful Bandung...
once in a while i wish i were there -
sharing a meal with your family,
getting a ride to SMP Negeri 2, Bandung -
and laughing all the way...

For you have been kind to me -
a stranger to your land...
you have shown your best to me -
a stranger under your roof, you befriend...
you have given your best to me -
and in the nine days we were great friends...

So, like the others, i'm waiting patiently each day -
for you to come to see me - here in my homeland...
so that we could show you the sights and the smells -
go for rides over meadows and climb the hills...
so we could your hearts fill with joy and happiness -
to be in our jovial company, my lovely friends from Bandung...

It was with a heavy heart that we part -
but heavier still were our bags,
filled with all your gifts of love -
for us to bring home - together with the memories...
of how really warm and friendly you could be -
to a stranger like me - whom you'd just set eyes on...

so, my lovely friends from the beautiful city of Bandung:
thank you for all that you have done for me...
thank you is all that i can think of to say -
for the joy of kinship...
and the arm of friendship -
that you have stretched across the seas...