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Oh Miri, the place where I am ready to spill my blood,
You have grown to become a city.
With the title of a resort city.
Until yesterday, your horizontal surface was covered by trees
in the forests
Underneath the surface, there were dead lakes of crude oil.
Though you are small and once, quite isolated
But you have been very patient and kept on calling for
Brave adventurers to risk their lives.
Businessmen and operators, workers of various skills and knowledge
To explore and exploit the products of your rich resources
Today, you have undergone tremendous changes
You have become a prosperous city with more people living in it
And you have been able to put make-up on your face
To make it looks more pretty to see
And your people have very high spirit
Free and independent in unleashing their energy
Your people are working hard to develop their creativity
and innovativeness
In the struggle to secure a place for you in the world,
which is highly competitive
Your people in Miri, with a strong determination have been
fighting to get
a fair share of the changes and victory in the race to pursue success
The city of Miri, I glorify you with the word Congratulations
And with the prayer that Allah S.A.W gives this blessing YAB Pehin Sri hAji ABdul TAiB MAhMud
to your noble aims And
AllAhYArhAMAh YABhG. dATuk AMAr hAjjAh lAilA TAiB
Long live Miri!
Poem written and read by : YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud on the eve of Miri being declared a City on 20 May 2005
You have grown to become a city.
With the title of a resort city.
Until yesterday, your horizontal surface was covered by trees
in the forests
Underneath the surface, there were dead lakes of crude oil.
Though you are small and once, quite isolated
But you have been very patient and kept on calling for
Brave adventurers to risk their lives.
Businessmen and operators, workers of various skills and knowledge
To explore and exploit the products of your rich resources
Today, you have undergone tremendous changes
You have become a prosperous city with more people living in it
And you have been able to put make-up on your face
To make it looks more pretty to see
And your people have very high spirit
Free and independent in unleashing their energy
Your people are working hard to develop their creativity
and innovativeness
In the struggle to secure a place for you in the world,
which is highly competitive
Your people in Miri, with a strong determination have been
fighting to get
a fair share of the changes and victory in the race to pursue success
The city of Miri, I glorify you with the word Congratulations
And with the prayer that Allah S.A.W gives this blessing YAB Pehin Sri hAji ABdul TAiB MAhMud
to your noble aims And
AllAhYArhAMAh YABhG. dATuk AMAr hAjjAh lAilA TAiB
Long live Miri!
Poem written and read by : YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud on the eve of Miri being declared a City on 20 May 2005
