Chairil Anwar (1)

ME

English version

If my time should come
I'd like no one to entice me
not even you

No need for those sobs and cries

I am but a wild animal
cut from its kind

Though bullets should pierce my skin
I shall still strike and march forth

Wounds and poison shall I take aflee.
Aflee
Till the pain and pang should disappear

And I should care even less
I want to live
for another thousand years


Indonesian version

Aku

Kalau sampai waktuku
Kumau tak seorang ‘kan merayu

Tidak juga kau

Tak perlu sedu sedan itu

Aku ini binatang jalang
Dari kumpulannya terbuang

Biar peluru menembus kulitku
Aku tetap meradang menerjang

Luka dan bisa kubawa berlari
Berlari
Hingga hilang pedih peri

Dan aku lebih tidak perduli
Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi

English version

At The Mosque

I shouted at Him
Until He came

We met face to face.

Afterwards He burned in my breast.
All my strength struggles to extinguish Him

My body, which won't be driven, is naked with sweat

This room
Is the arena where we fight

Destroying each other
One hurling insults, the other gone mad.

Indonesian version

Di Mesjid

Kuseru saja Dia
Sehingga datang juga

Kamipun bermuka-muka

Seterusnya Ia bernyala-nyala dalam dada.
Segala daya memadamkannya

Bersimbah peluh diri yang tak bisa diperkuda

Ini ruang
Gelanggang kami berperang

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