 Boeah Rindoe ( Perfected Spelling : Buah Rindu , Indonesian for Fruits of Longing ) is a 1941 poetry collection by Amir Hamzah . The poems date to Amir 's first years in Java , between 1928 and 1935 . According to Anthony Johns of Australia National University , the poems are arranged chronologically , as indicated by Amir 's increasing maturity as a writer while developing the poems . The collection includes twenty @-@ three titled poems and two untitled pieces . Ten of the poems had previously been published , including Amir 's first published works ( both from 1932 ) , " Mabuk ... " and " Sunyi " . 
