ラム・プルーン サウジアラビアへの思い

Verse 1:

It's you

People of Thailand, please listen to me

Leave your homeland

To become a laborer in Saudi Arabia

Because they've heard they can get tens of thousands of baht per month in salary

A lot of people are heading to Saudi Arabia

Because they can barely stay still

A lot of people leave Thailand and look for employers overseas

They get a passport and then get on a plane

People are so desperate to go abroad that they're going into debt

Put their land as collateral

They've sold their fields and cattle

Some of them were cheated out of their homes

Hook 1:

Saudi Arabia's debt, mixed with disappointment (Repeated)

Their children and wife are left and untreated

Verse 2:

Thai people, please be calm and don't be a sucker!

People from Yasothon Province and others who want to go to Saudi Arabia to work

Some people say that Saudi Arabia is the real deal

"I paid almost 20,000 baht for their flight, but how am I going to pay for their return trip?"

Hook 2:

They felt sad and conflicted (Repeatedly)

When they left Thailand for Saudi Arabia

Verse 3:

They had to pay extra money

Friends, friends who were cheated by Sa-Udon (*2)

They are ashamed to talk about the past

My friends, friends deceived by Sa-Ubon (*3)

They regret that they have lost their home

Their life was ruined by the dreams of the Saudis

Hook 3:

They've lost thousands upon thousands of dollars

There's no way to get it back, so they have to be patient

They sold their farm, much to their chagrin

They left their hometown for nothing

I'm worried about their wife and feel sad

Verse 4:

They feel sorry for themselves (Repeat)

They sold more rice because they didn't have enough to eat

They put all their money as collateral and are in debt

They can't hide their frustration at the bad luck they've had

It's a good thing they were able to pay off some of their debts

There are a lot of people who are in debt

I'd like to advise all their fans

Don't forget about our country, Thailand

Hook 4:

Good luck to you in Saudi Arabia

I'll be waiting for you

Good luck to you

Chaba is waiting for your call

Don't get upset, lest we break up

Every night before I go to bed, I send their love to you

Verse 5:

Don't forget their words, their love (Repeat)

Chabaphrai is waiting to hear from you

Come back safe and sound (Repeat)

Give me two kisses on the cheek

And then I'll marry you (Repeat)

Hey, honey (Repeat)

* Footnotes:

1: Saudi Arabia

2: A term coined from the combination of Saudi Arabia and Udon Thani Province. In the 1970s and 1980s, Saudi Arabian migrants became a social phenomenon in Thailand, and there were many cases of fraud targeting Thai workers. The irony of the tragic situation was that they lost the money they had made to go to Saudi Arabia due to fraud and could not even go to there, so people whispered, "After all, they went to Sa-Udon, not Sa-U (Saudi Arabia)

3: The Ubon Ratchathani Province version of the above event