Chairil Anwar

thumb|Love's a danger that quickly fades. thumb|I want to live another thousand years. Chairil Anwar (26 July 1922 – 28 April 1949) was an Indonesian poet. Quotations The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar (trans. Burton Raffel) 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 berartiSudah itu mati. To mean something, onceThen death "Dipo Negoro" (1943), p. 7 Ah! hatiku jang tak mau memberiMampus kau dikojak-kojak sepi. But oh my heart that will not give itselfBreak, you bastard, ripped by your loneliness! "Sia-Sia" ["In Vain"] (February 1943), p. 11 Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi. I want to live another thousand years. "Aku" ["Me"] (March 1943), p. 21 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 Cinta adalah bahaya yang lekas jadi pudar. Love's a danger that quickly fades. "Tuti Artic" ["Tuti's Ice Cream"] (1947), p. 125 Quotations about Chairil Anwar [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 Chairil Anwar Poems at Poem Hunter Category:1922 births Category:1949 deaths Category:People from Indonesia Category:Poets