Biarlah daku tinggal di sini
Sentosa diriku di sunji sepi
Tiada berharap tiada berminta
Djauh dunia di sisi dewa

(Allow me to remain here
I feel tranquil in the quiet
No hoping, no wishing
Near the gods, the world seems far)

Written in gold italics, these final lines of the poem Naik-Naik are imprinted on its author’s gravestone in the courtyard of the Azizi Tanjung Pura Mosque, North Sumatra. On either side of the tomb of Tengku Amir