Indonesian–English parallel text
Herakleitos dari Efesus
Heraclitus of Ephesus
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Sungai
The River
Efesus adalah kota Yunani yang kaya di pesisir Asia Kecil, tidak jauh dari Miletos, tempat Thales pernah tinggal. Kota ini memiliki kuil megah untuk dewi Artemis, kapal-kapal di pelabuhannya, dan pasar yang ramai.
Ephesus was a rich Greek city on the coast of Asia Minor, not far from Miletus, where Thales had lived. It had a great temple to the goddess Artemis, ships in its harbour, and a busy market.
Kuil Artemis di Efesus adalah salah satu bangunan paling megah di dunia Yunani. Raja-raja mengirimkan persembahan ke sana, dan orang banyak datang dari jauh untuk melihatnya. Herakleitos berasal dari keluarga yang merawat kuil tersebut. Ia berdiri di antara semua emas dan orang-orang itu, dan ia merasa terasing dari mereka.
The temple of Artemis at Ephesus was one of the greatest buildings in the Greek world. Kings sent gifts to it, and crowds came from far away to see it. Heraclitus belonged to the family that looked after it. He stood among all that gold and all those people, and he felt apart from them.
Di kota ini, tidak lama setelah zaman Thales, hiduplah seorang pria bernama Herakleitos. Ia berasal dari salah satu keluarga tertua. Ia terlahir untuk menjadi imam atau penguasa, tetapi ia sama sekali tidak menginginkannya.
In this city, a little after Thales, there lived a man called Heraclitus. He came from one of the oldest families. He was born to be a priest or a ruler, but he wanted none of it.
Herakleitos suka berdiri di tepi sungai yang mengalir melewati kota dan memandangi airnya. Suatu hari seorang teman bertanya kepadanya mengapa ia tidak pernah melangkah masuk ke dalamnya. “Saya pernah melakukannya,” katanya. “Tetapi itu bukan lagi sungai yang sama. Dan saya bukan lagi orang yang sama.”
Heraclitus liked to stand by the river that ran past the city and watch the water. One day a friend asked him why he never stepped in. “I did,” he said. “But it is not the same river. And I am not the same man.”
Orang-orang mengira ini adalah teka-teki. Padahal bukan. Herakleitos hanya mengatakan yang sebenarnya. Air di depan Anda sudah berlalu. Anda lebih tua daripada semenit yang lalu. Tidak ada yang bertahan. Semuanya mengalir.
People thought this was a riddle. It was not. Heraclitus was simply telling the truth. The water in front of you has already gone. You are older than you were a minute ago. Nothing stays. Everything flows.
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