# Chairil Anwar's most famous lines (with the poem)

"I am a wild beast", "I want to live another thousand years" and "Life is only postponing defeat": lines by the pioneer of the Generation of '45, who died aged 26 (1922–1949), learned by schoolchildren all over Indonesia, with the title and year of each poem.

- 14 votes · 12 items
- Jul 31, 2023 · Eko
- https://even.best/en/l/5251/chairil-anwar-s-most-famous-lines-with-the-poem

## Top 12

1. **I want to live another thousand years** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Poem "Me" (1943).
2. **This time no one is looking for love / among the warehouses, old houses, in the tales / of masts and ropes.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Poem "Twilight at a Little Harbour" (1946).
3. **I do not mean to share a fate: / fate is each one's own solitude.** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Poem "Notification" (1946).
4. **I am a wild beast / cast out from the herd** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poem "Me" (1943).
5. **Let bullets pierce my skin, / I will keep raging and charging** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poem "Me" (1943).
6. **Life is only postponing defeat** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poem "Rustling Pines" (1949).
7. **To matter once, / and after that, to die** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poem "Diponegoro" (1943).
8. **We who now lie between Krawang and Bekasi / can no longer shout "Freedom" and take up arms** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poem "Krawang-Bekasi" (1948).
9. **My Lord, / in my bewilderment / I still call Your name** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Poem "Prayer" (1943).
10. **In the black of your eyes, roses and jasmine; / the scent of your hair ripples, playing.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poem "White Poem" (1944).
11. **My love is far away on an island, / a sweet girl, idling now alone.** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Poem "My Love on a Faraway Island" (1946).
12. **Come on! Bung Karno, give me your hand, let us make a pact** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Poem "Agreement with Bung Karno" (1948).

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.