Thursday, December 29, 2011

Makam pujangga Tengku Amir Hamzah (Tomb of the poet Tengku Amir Hamzah)

Bersambung dari Kawasan pemakaman diraja Langkat (Royal burial ground of Langkat).
Continued from Kawasan pemakaman diraja Langkat (Royal burial ground of Langkat).


Turut terdapat di hadapan Masjid Azizi adalah makam Tengku Amir Hamzah, seorang pujangga Melayu tersohor abad ke 20.
Also available in front of the Azizi mosque is the tomb of Tengku Amir Hamzah, a foremost Malay poet of the 20th century.


Beliau adalah seorang kerabat diraja Langkat yang dimakamkan di antara makam-makam lain kerabat dan mereka yang berkait.
He is a member of the Langkat royalty who is laid to rest among tombs of other royalty and those who are related.





Sebagai seorang pejuang bahasa beliau diiktiraf di Sumatera dan Indonesia. Sayangnya Amir Hamzah terkorban semasa revolusi tajaan Komunis tahun 1946 yang menyaksikan ramai kerabat diraja di Sumatera dibunuh dengan kejam.
As a fighter of the language he is recognised in Sumatera and Indonesia. Too bad Amir Hamzah was a casualty during the revolution sponsored by the Communists in the year 1946 which saw many members of royalty in Sumatera killed violently.






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