Wirja Taufan, Indonesia

Wirja Taufan‘s Biodata :

The poet recorded in the book LEKSIKON SUSASTRA INDONESIA by Korrie Layun Rampan (Balai Pustaka, 2000), WHAT AND WHO IS THE INDONESIAN PROVIDER (Indonesian Poetry Day, 2017) and in the book CREATIVE TRACES 100 SENIMAN SASTRAWAN SUMATERA UTARA (May, 2018), born in Medan, 15 September 1961 with the original name Suryadi Firdaus.

The third child of seven siblings from both parents of North Sumatra writers, Dhalika Tadaus (deceased) and Nurlely AM (deceased), began writing since 1980 and published in various local and national media, including the daily newspaper Analysis, Bukit Barisan, Sinar Pembangunan, General Mimbar, Garuda, Medan Bisnis, North Sumatra Post, Padang Ekspres and Indopos Jakart, and the Jakarta Horizon literary magazine.

His poems were also published in various anthologies of shared poetry, including: KOMA (Poetry Anthology of the North Sumatra Young Poet Meeting, 1992 where he was one of the initiators), MUARA I, MUARA II, TITIAN LAUT II and TITIAN LAUT III (Anthology of Poetry and Poetry Short Stories of North Malaysian and North Sumatra Writers at the North Dialogue Literary Meeting in Medan and Malaysia), ILHAM (Anthology of North Sumatra Islamic Poetry, 1991), MEDAN PUISI (Anthology of Indonesian Poet Poetry Party, The 1st Medan International Poetry Gathring, 2007) , ONE HUNDRED POUR QUR’ANI 2018, WHICH LOOKS DIFFERENT AFTER CHAIRIL (Anthology of Indonesian Poetry Day Poetry, 2016), POEM POETRY 1550 masl (2016), 6.5 SR LUKA PIDIE JAYA (Poet Poetry Nusantara, 2016), ACEH 5:03 6.4 SR (Indonesian Kuflet and FAM Art Community, 2016), SONG OF POETRY FOR ANE MATAHARI (Jakarta, February, 2017), AIRMATA ROHINGYA (2017), THE FIRST DROP OF RAIN (Banjarbaru Poetry Anthology’s Rainy Day Literary Festival, 2017) , THE AIRPRISES, FROM SI TTWE KE KUALA LANGSA (Anthology of Humanitarian Poetry and anti-Violence, Jakarta, October, 2017), DJIWA PAK BUDI SENDJA (Anthology of Poetry Remembering the late Achmad Budi Cahyanto, May 2018), EPITAF KOTA HUJAN (Anthology of Poetry Gathering in Southeast Asia, 2018), THE UNDERCOVER LITERATURE SCANDAL (Jakarta, July 2018), A SKYFUL OF RAIN (Banjarbaru’s Poetry Anthology Rainy Day Literary Festival 2018), and JAZIRAH (Anthology of the Hang Tuah Trace in Poetry, 2018).

In 1984 he received a Literature Creativity Prize in Poetry from the Medan Arts Council (DKM). In 1986 read a collection of his poems EPISODE DREAM in Taman Budaya Medan (TBM).

In 1986 he was accepted to work as a Civil Servant (PNS) at the Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) Nusantara I Station in Medan. From April 2015 until now he has served as the Head of Technology and New Media (TMB) at the RRI Padang Public Broadcasting Institution (LPP).

Wirja Taufan

EPISODE HUJAN

Saya tidak pernah bertemu Socrates
dan muridnya Plato. Bahasa saya berbicara
Melalui kelopak-kelopak yang menari
dalam sebuah putik

Detak jantung saya adalah bunga yang tumbuh
seadanya. Merindukan hujan di tanah gersang
Mengelilingi jiwa, menyalakan mata saya

Mungkin saya tidak ada setiap waktu
Hanya jiwa saya. Mencarimu sepanjang jalan
Sampai di ujung-ujung jalan
Yang akan ditutup atau diledakkan

Di bawah hujan matamu, jalan-jalan berlari
Menyimpan ribuan pelangi di dalam dirimu
Saya mati. Saya mati setiap saat
menghirup nafas saya. Dunia imajiner
membangun kembali kota-kota yang terluka

Saya akan terus melukis kata-kata
Dengan tetesan hujan dari banyak warna
Meninggalkan jejak tanpa berjalan
Tak ada pagi, siang menjadi malam
Yang menakutkan
Memanjat seribu mimpi-mimpi

Langit adalah laut dimana mimpi-mimpimu
terbakar. Meleleh dalam kota-kota
yang hilang dalam dirimu. Suaramu memanjat
jiwa saya. Hanyut dalam gelombang
Ke tengah-tengah lautan
Menuju langit-langit hujan

Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, 2019