“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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Ah! hatiku jang tak mau memberi Mampus kau dikojak-kojak sepi.

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