Part Fourteen - 22
Halaman Beranda No.81
Home Page No.81
22. Sekali Salah, Kejayaan Hilang Selama-nya
22. Once wrong, glory is lost forever
Cerita 1 :
Story 1:
Ada seorang sastrawan yang bermarga Si,
There is a literary man with surnamed Si,
dia sangat pandai dalam ber-sastra
he is very good at poetry
dan rajin membaca Buku sajak.
and he reads rhymes books diligently.
Sewaktu muda-nya
When he was young
pernah sekali karena akan mengikuti Ujian Negara,
because he was about to take the State Examination,
dia menginap di sebuah Kuil
he stayed at a temple
dan pada malam hari-nya
and at night
dia ber-mimpi bertemu dengan Dewa yang berkata pada-nya,
he dreamed of meeting a god who said to him,
“Ada tujuh buah syair
"There are seven verses
yang tersimpan di balik topi saya,
that are stored under my hat,
syair-syair itu merupakan topik Ujian Negara tahun ini,
they are the topic of this year's State Examination,
kalau kamu sudah dapat menghafal
if you can memorize
serta membaca-nya dengan lancar,
and read them fluently,
pasti kamu dapat berhasil lulus ujian itu”.
surely you will be able to successfully pass the exam".
Keesokan hari-nya,
The next day,
dia benar-benar menemukan beberapa carik kertas
he actually found several scraps of paper
yang berisi syair
containing the verses
di balik topi patung Dewa
behind the hat of the god's statue
se-malam,
last night,
sungguh tepat
really exactly
dan sesuai dengan mimpi-nya se-malam.
and in accordance with his dreams last night.
Maka dia siang dan malam terus belajar
So he day and night continued to study
dan menghafalkan semua topik yang tertulis di atas kertas itu.
and memorize all the topics written on the paper.
Setelah dapat menghafalkan semua-nya,
After memorizing them all,
dia mulai berkhayal dalam hati,
he began to fantasize in his heart,
“Setiap hari saya selalu belajar tiada henti-nya,
"Every day I always study incessantly,
kalau cita-cita-ku sudah tercapai nanti-nya,
when my dreams have been achieved later,
saya akan ber-senang-senang
I will be happy
untuk melampiaskan segala kesusahan hidup-ku
to vent all the troubles of my life
selama beberapa tahun ini.
for the past few years.
Kalau di Keluarga sana terdapat seorang Putri yang cantik manis,
If family overthere, there is a daughter who is beautiful and sweet,
pasti akan ku-persunting menjadi Istri,
I will definitely take her to be a wife,
dan kalau di Keluarga lain juga ada lagi Putri yang cukup menawan,
and if in another family, there is also a daughter who is quite charming,
akan saya beli dia untuk dijadikan pelayan”.
I will buy her to be a servant ”.
Berkhayal sampai di sini,
When he fantasized until here,
dia merasa amat bangga,
he felt so proud,
sehingga lupa akan segala-nya.
so he forgot everything.
Dan sewaktu dia mengikuti ujian,
And when he was taking the exam,
tiba-tiba saja dia lupa semua-nya,
he suddenly forgot everything,
sehingga satu huruf juga tidak bisa ditulis keluar.
and even one alphabet, he couldn't write it down.
Pada saat pengumuman ujian,
At the time of the announcement of the exam,
ternyata dia gagal sama sekali,
it turned out that he had failed completely,
hati-nya merasa tidak rela,
his heart felt unwilling,
maka dia pergi ke Kuil
so he went to the temple
untuk memohon petunjuk kepada Dewa.
to ask the god for guidance.
Keesokan hari-nya
The next day
dia ber-mimpi bertemu Dewa itu lagi
he dreamed of meeting that god again
yang berkata pada-nya,
the god said to him,
“Setelah mendapatkan topik ujian itu,
"After getting the topic of the exam,
hati-mu langsung berubah,
your heart immediately changed,
nafsu dan pikiran jahat-mu timbul semua-nya,
all of your lust and evil thoughts arose,
jadi Nama-mu yang telah terdaftar,
so your name that has been registered,
akhir-nya dicoret
it was eventually crossed out
dan ditukar dengan Nama Orang lain yang lebih pantas”.
and exchanged with another person's name who is more appropriate ."
Dia terbangun dari mimpi-nya
He woke up from his dream
dan merasa amat menyesal,
and felt very sorry,
namun sudah terlambat
but it was too late
dan selama satu Kehidupan ini
and during this life
hidup-nya sangat melarat.
his life was very poor.