“I want to live another thousand years.”

— Chairil Anwar

"Aku" ["Me"] (March 1943), p. 21
The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar (trans. Burton Raffel)

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Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi.

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Indonesian poet 1922–1949

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