kau!
pecundang!
siapa kau? ...
lihatlah dirimu,
betapa lemahnya kau
hai pecundang bisu
bukalah pintu itu...
benarkan sinar surya menyinarimu
biarkan surya menerlusi hari pagimu
dan
biarkan ia menjadi penyuluh kelam malammu
pecundang!
siapa dirimu
tunjukkan wujudmu
agar aku bisa mengenalmu
hai...pecundang bisu,
pecundang tak bernama?
lemah sungguh dikau
hai pecundang
hiasilah hari-harimu
dengan bunga-bunga seri indah pelangi
harumilah harimu dengan haruman kasturi kekal abadi
hai....
pecundang tak bernama
Qistina Zaini
2 comments:
Aku
Kalau sampai waktuku
'Ku mau tak seorang 'kan merayu
Tidak juga kau
Tak perlu sedu sedan itu
Aku ini binatang jalang
Dari kumpulannya terbuang
Biar peluru menembus kulitku
Aku tetap meradang menerjang
Luka dan bisa kubawa berlari
Berlari
Hingga hilang pedih peri
Dan aku akan lebih tidak perduli
Aku mau hidup seribu tahun lagi
(oleh Chairil Anwar, Maret 1943)
Ik
Als mijn tijd gekomen is
wil ik van niemand rouw
Ook niet van jou
Niks geen gesnik en gesnotter
Ik ben een eenling geworden
Uitgestoten uit de horde
Laat kogels mijn huid doorboren
Ik blijf tekeergaan en schoppen
Wonden en gif voer ik mee op mijn vlucht
Vlucht
Tot de schrijnende pijn zal verdwijnen
En ik zal er nog minder om geven
Ik wil nog duizend jaar leven
(vert.A. Teeuw
Uit: Ik wil nog duizend jaar leven
Uitgeverij Meulenhoff Amsterdam 1979)
Chairil Anwar (July 26, 1922—April 28, 1949) was probably one of the most famous Indonesian poets. Chairil was born in Medan of Minangkabau parents. He died at the relatively young age of 27 of syphilis.
Notably, one of his most famous poems was "Aku". It is a poem that comes from the wound of having to leave his father who cheated on his mother. But Chairil's expression of personal pain and rebellion was interpreted by many Indonesians as a call to arms. His poem "Aku" is mostly used in rally and protest as a declaration of rebellion.
Chairil was indeed a rebellious person. He lived in the streets of Jakarta and befriended many of the upper class and also many prostitutes. That is how he contracted the syphilis that eventually claimed his life. His uncle was Indonesia's Prime Minister, but he never took advantage of that position. Instead, Chairil stayed in the streets or at the hut his mother built.
Chairil, together with Asrul Sani and Rivai Apin, were the poets behind Generation 45 ("Angkatan '45"). That movement signified a change in Indonesian literature. Smart, short and "unflowerful" words were to be the height of "Angkatan '45". This defied the previous generation of poets such as Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, whose poems still mostly used "traditional" lyrics, rhyme and structured form (derived from the Pantun).
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