Sea / Fire

In 1948, Chairil Anwar wrote Agreement with Bung Karno:

Come Bung Karno! let’s shake hands and make a deal

I’ve had enough of your talk

Being roasted on your fire, salted by your sea

Since 17 August 1945

I have stepped forward at your side

Now I am the fire, now I am the sea

Bung Karno! You and I are one being, one vein

In your being and mine our ships sail

In your veins and mine our ships set forth and anchor

This poem is one Chair

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