In Vain // Sia-Sia

Chairil Anwar
1943

Thou come at an end of a day
Carrying a garland
Red roses and white jasmine:
Blood and chaste
Then scatter it all over me
And give a gaze to ascertain: For you only.

Thereafter we kept thy silence
In a big questioning mind: What is this?
In love? No one mutually understand.

As the day we live together. No one come each other.

O! My heart, the one who won't give anything
Just die you, torn apart by silence.

//

Penghabisan kali itu kau datang
Membawa kembang berkarang
Mawar merah dan melati putih
Darah dan suci.
Kau tebarkan depanku
Serta pandang yang memastikan: Untukmu.

Sudah itu kita sama termagu
Saling bertanya: Apakah ini?
Cinta? Keduanya tak mengerti.

Sehari itu kita bersama. Tak hampir-menghampiri.

Ah! Hatiku yang tak mau memberi
Mampus kau dikoyak-koyak sepi .

Comments

  1. Hi. Do you happen to have an analysis of this poem? I sort of don't understand its meaning.

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  2. What is the meaning of the poem?

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