NYANYIAN TOPI SELEKSI

In times of old, when I was new,

And Hogwarts barely started,

The founders of our noble school

Thought never to be parted.

United by a common goal,

They had the selfsame yearning

To make the world's best magic school

And pass along their learning.

"Together we will build and teach"

The four good friends decided.

And never did they dream that they

Might some day be divided.

For were there such friends anywhere

As Slytherin and Gryffindor?

Unless it was the second pair

Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw,

So how could it have gone so wrong?

How could such friendships fail?

Why, I was there, so I can tell

The whole sad, sorry tale.

Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those

Whose ancestry's purest."

Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose

Intelligence is surest."

Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those

With brave deeds to their name."

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot

And treat them just the same."

These differences caused little strife

When first they came to light.

For each of the four founders had

A house in which they might

Take only those they wanted, so,

For instance, Slytherin

Took only pure-blood wizards

Of great cunning just like him.

And only those of sharpest mind

Were taught by Ravenclaw

While the bravest and the boldest

Went to daring Gryffindor.

Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest

and taught them all she knew,

Thus, the houses and their founders

Maintained friendships firm and true.

So Hogwarts worked in harmony

for several happy years,

but then discord crept among us

feeding on our faults and fears.

The Houses that, like pillars four

had once held up our school

now turned upon each other and

divided, sought to rule.

And for a while it seemed the school

must meet an early end.

what with dueling and with fighting

and the clash of friend on friend.

And at last there came a morning

when old Slytherin departed

and though the fighting then died out

he left us quite downhearted.

And never since the founders four

were whittled down to three

have the Houses been united

as they once were meant to be.

And now the Sorting Hat is here

and you all know the score:

I sort you into Houses

because that is what I'm for.

But this year I'll go further,

listen closely to my song:

though condemned I am to split you

still I worry that it's wrong,

Though I must fulfill my duty

and must quarter every year

still I wonder whether sorting

may not bring the end I fear.

Oh, know the perils, read the signs,

the warning history shows,

for our Hogwarts is in danger

from external, deadly foes

And we must unite inside her

or we'll crumble from within

I have told you, I have warned you...

let the Sorting now begin.

TRANSLATION

Zaman dahulu ketika aku masih baru

Dan Hogwarts baru saja didirikan

Para pendiri sekolah kita yang mulia

Mengira mereka tak akan terpisahkan:
Dipersatukan oleh tujuan yang sama,

Mereka mempunyai cita-cita,

Membuat sekolah sihir terbaik di dunia

Dan menurunkan ilmu mereka.

"Bersama-sama kita membangun dan mengajar!"

Keempat sahabat memutuskan

Dan tak pernah sekalipun mereka bermimpi

Suatu hari mereka akan berpisah jalan,

Karena dimana ada sahabat

Seerat Gryffindor dan Slytherin?

Kecuali pasangan kedua

Hufflepuff dan Ravenclaw?

Jadi, bagaimana persahabatan seerat itu bisa berakhir?

Bagaimana cita-cita mereka bisa gagal begini?

Aku ada di sana, dan bisa menceritakan

Seluruh kisah menyedihkan ini.

Kata Slytherin, "Kami akan mengajar

Hanya mereka yang keturunan darah murni."

Kata Ravenclaw, "Kami akan mengajar

Mereka yang intelegensinya tinggi."

Kata Gryffindor, "Kami akan mengajar

Mereka yang gagah perkasa."

Kata Hufflepuff, "Aku akan mengajar semua,

Dan memperlakukan mereka sama."

Perbedaan ini menyebabkan perselisihan

Ketika muncul pertama kali,

Karena keempat pendiri memiliki

Rumah asrama sendiri-sendiri

Yang hanya menerima mereka yang terpilih,

Slytherin, misalnya saja

Hanya menerima penyihir berdarah murni

Yang licik, seperti dia,

Sementara Ravenclaw

Mengajar yang pandai luar biasa

Dan Gryffindor tentu saja

Memilih yang paling berani dan perkasa

Hufflepuff yang baik hati mengambil yang tersisa,

Dan mengajarkan semua yang diketahuinya,

Begitulah asrama dan pendiri-pendiri nya
Mempertahankan persahabatan mereka.

Maka Hogwarts berjalan dalam harmoni

Selama beberapa tahun penuh kebahagiaan,

Namun kemudian perselisihan paham mulai muncul

Menjadi subur karena kesalahan dan ketakutan.

Asrama-asrama yang seperti empat pilar,

Yang semula menyangga sekolah kita,

Sekarang bermusuhan,

Dan masing-masing ingin berkuasa.

Sesaat tampaknya sekolah kita

Akan tamat riwayatnya, dengan

Banyaknya duel dan perkelahian

Dan pertikaian antarteman

Sampai suatu pagi

Slytherin pergi

Meskipun perkelahian reda

Dia membuat kita bersedih hati.

Dan tak pernah lagi sejak empat pendiri

Berkurang satu menjadi tiga

Keempat asrama satu padu

Seperti tujuan semula.

Dan sekarang Topi Seleksi disini

Kalian semua tahu untuk apa:
Aku akan menyeleksi kalian

Untuk masuk asrama mana,

Tetapi tahun ini aku akan bertindak lebih jauh,

Dengarkan baik-baik nyanyianku:

Meskipun aku terpaksa memisah-misah kalian

Kalian tetap harus bersatu.

Meskipun aku harus melaksanakan tugas

Dan setiap tahun membagi empat kalian

Aku bertanya-tanya sendiri, apakah Seleksi

Tidak malah membawa akhir yang kutakutkan.

Oh, perhatikan peringatan yang ditunjukkan sejarah,

Kenali bahaya, baca tanda-tandanya

Karena Hogwarts kita dalam ancaman

Musuh luar yang sangat berbahaya

Dan di dalam kita harus bersatu

Kalau tidak kita akan runtuh sendiri

Kalian sudah kuberitahu, sudah kuperingatkan...

Marilah Seleksi kini dimulai.