Pendiriankoe sekarang tetaplah soedah, Berdjoeang sampai sa'at jang achir, BERSAMA NIPPON, madjoe melangkah, KEBESARAN ASIA MESTILAH LAHIR…

And now my resolve is fixed To fight on to the bitter end WITH NIPPON, marching on, ASIA'S GREATNESS WILL BE BORN...

Hamka, `Diatas Roentoehan Malaka-Lama' (Atop the ruins of Old Malacca). Pandji Poestaka 25, 1943.

MANY had wrong ideals and aims in 1943. Hamka was one of them. At the time,