Sea / Fire
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
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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