“But oh my heart that will not give itself
Break, you bastard, ripped by your loneliness!”
"Sia-Sia" ["In Vain"] (February 1943), p. 11
The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar (trans. Burton Raffel)
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Indonesian poet 1922–1949Related quotes


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