Njanji Sunji consists of twenty-four titled pieces and an untitled quatrain.[7] Indonesian literary documentarian H.B. Jassin classifies eight of the works as lyrical prose, with the remaining thirteen as poems.[8] None of the works in Nyanyi Sunyi (and indeed none of Amir's other works) are dated.[9] At the end of the book is a couplet, reading "Sunting sanggul melayah rendah / sekaki sajak seni sedih",[10] which American poet and translator Burton Raffel translates as "A flower floating in a loose knot of hair / Gave birth to my sorrowful poems".[11]