Jesus

Jesus  (1943)  by Chairil Anwar, translated by Boen Sri Oemarjati

Chairil Anwar: The Poet and His Language, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 63, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1972, p.73-74.

To a True Christian

That Body
bleeding
bleeding

fallen
broken

cast up is a question: am I guilty?

I see the Body bleeding
I mirror myself in blood

brightness is reflected at the crucial moment
this immediately changes form

the wound(s) closes (close)
I rejoice

that Body
bleeding
bleeding

1943.11

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