032 Samiati Alisyahbana (1930)
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A large room:
Each of the chair set in neat rows
The machine above revolves in steady rythm
But still the air’s so hot!
Footsteps of hurried people
Enter the room
Seeking a separate secluded place
The picture up front has not come on
The stuffy air grows all the more oppressive
Uncomfortable in one place,
Yet too lazy to move
People seeking diversion in moving pictures
Not knowing that later when their thoughts still lie in shadows
The moving picture will be over and finished
Gambar Hidup by Samiati Alisyahbana
Translation by John M. Mc Glynn
[Soneta Namaskara] – [Namaskara Sonnets]