Chairil Anwar
Indonesian poet (1922–1949)
Chairil Anwar (26 July 1922 – 28 April 1949) was an Indonesian poet.
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Quotations
editThe Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar (trans. Burton Raffel)
edit- Unless otherwise noted, page numbers refer to The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, ed. and trans. Burton Raffel (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1970).
- Sekali berarti
Sudah itu mati.- To mean something, once
Then death- "Dipo Negoro" (1943), p. 7
- To mean something, once
- Ah! hatiku jang tak mau memberi
Mampus kau dikojak-kojak sepi.- But oh my heart that will not give itself
Break, you bastard, ripped by your loneliness!- "Sia-Sia" ["In Vain"] (February 1943), p. 11
- But oh my heart that will not give itself
- Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi.
- I want to live another thousand years.
- "Aku" ["Me"] (March 1943), p. 21
- I want to live another thousand years.
- Bukan maksudku mau berbagi nasib,
nasib adalah kesunjian masing-masing.- I don't intend to share fate,
Fate which is a universal loneliness.- "Pemberian Tahu" ["A Proclamation"] (1946), p. 184
- I don't intend to share fate,
- Cinta adalah bahaya yang lekas jadi pudar.
- Love's a danger that quickly fades.
- "Tuti Artic" ["Tuti's Ice Cream"] (1947), p. 125
- Love's a danger that quickly fades.
Quotations about Chairil Anwar
edit- [Anwar was] a thin, pale youngster, careless of his appearance. His eyes were red, and very wild, but they always appeared thoughtful; his movements were slow, as if utterly indifferent. ... In his ideals, in his movements, and in his actions themselves, he stabbed, cut and smashed old notions, leading some of his friends to think him ignorant, unaware of custom, a kind of bandit, characterizations he himself thought an honor and necessary in order to influence his slower friends into revolutionary ways.
- H. B. Jassin, as quoted in The Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry (1967) by Burton Raffel, p. 81
External links
edit- Chairil Anwar Poems at Poem Hunter
- Encyclopedic article on Chairil Anwar on Wikipedia
- Media related to Chairil Anwar on Wikimedia Commons