Chairil Anwar (2)

Willingness

English version

If you like I'll take you back
With all my heart.

I'm still alone.

I know you're not what you were,
Like a flower pulled into parts.

Don't crawl! Stare at me bravely.

If you like I'll take you back
For myself, but
I won't share even with a mirror.

Penerimaan

Indonesian version

Jika kau mau kuterima kau kembali

Dengan sepenuh hati

Aku masih sendiri

Kutahu kau bukan yang dulu lagi
Bak kembang sari sudah terbagi

Jangan tunduk! tantang aku dengan berani

Kalau kau mau kuterima kau kembali
Untukku sendiri tapi
Sedang dengan cermin aku enggan berbagi

English version

Heaven

Like my mother, and my grandmother too,
plus seven generations before them,
I also seek admission to Heaven
which the Moslem party and the Mohammedan
Union say has rivers of milk
And thousands of hours all over.

But there's a contemplative voice inside me,
stubbornly mocking: Do you really think
the blue sea will go dry
--and what about the sly temptations
waiting in every port?
Anyway, who can say for sure
that there really are houris there
with voices as rich and husky as Nina's,
with eyes that flirt like Yati's?

Indonesian version

Sorga

Seperti ibu + nenekku juga
tambah tujuh keturunan yang lalu
aku minta pula supaya sampai di sorga
yang kata Masyumi + Muhammadiyah bersungai susu
dan bertabur bidari madu

Tapi ada suara menimbang dalam diriku,
nekat mencemooh: Bisakah kiranya
berkering dari kuyup laut biru,
gamitan dari tiap pelabuhan gimana?
Lagi siapa bisa mengatakan pasti
di situ memang ada bidari
suaranya berat menelan seperti Nina, punya kerlingnya Yati?