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Brunei Darussalam: Salwa Mornie
I am
I am not in the East
I am not in the West
I am not an Arab
I am not an orang putih
I take something from the East
I show it to the West
I cherish the values from the East
I embrace the life-lessons in the West
I am part Chinese
part Dusunese
I am a Bruneian by origin
a Malay by race
I speak many tongues
and venture high and low
One thing I really know for sure
My love of Islam will endure
I learned jawi and the Roman alphabet
the IPA and the tajwid
But I will never forget
bisai, buleh or muranchah murasit.
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