 Njanji <unk> ( Republican Spelling : Njanji <unk> ; Perfected Spelling : Nyanyi Sunyi ; Indonesian for " Songs of Solitude " or " Songs of Silence " ) is a 1937 poetry collection by Amir Hamzah . Written some time after the poet was forced to marry the daughter of the Sultan of Langkat instead of his chosen love in Java , this collection consists of 24 titled poems and pieces of lyrical prose , none of which are dated . First published in the magazine Poedjangga Baroe , the collection has been republished as a stand @-@ alone book several times . 
