Indonesian–English parallel text
Rubah dan Gagak
The Fox and the Crow
Aesop
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Opening the reader…
Di suatu pagi yang cerah ketika Rubah sedang mengikuti hidung tajamnya menjelajahi hutan untuk mencari makanan, dia melihat seekor Gagak di dahan pohon di atasnya. Ini sama sekali bukan burung Gagak pertama yang pernah dilihat oleh Rubah.
One bright morning as the Fox was following his sharp nose through the wood in search of a bite to eat, he saw a Crow on the limb of a tree overhead. This was by no means the first Crow the Fox had ever seen.
Apa yang menarik perhatiannya kali ini dan membuatnya berhenti untuk melihat untuk kedua kalinya, adalah bahwa Gagak yang beruntung itu memegang sepotong keju di paruhnya.
What caught his attention this time and made him stop for a second look, was that the lucky Crow held a bit of cheese in her beak.
“Tidak perlu mencari lebih jauh lagi,” pikir Tuan Rubah yang cerdik. “Di sinilah santapan lezat untuk sarapan saya.”
“No need to search any farther,” thought sly Master Fox. “Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast.”
Dia berlari kecil ke pangkal pohon tempat Gagak itu bertengger, dan sambil mendongak kagum, dia berseru, “Selamat pagi, makhluk yang cantik!”
Up he trotted to the foot of the tree in which the Crow was sitting, and looking up admiringly, he cried, “Good-morning, beautiful creature!”
Gagak itu, dengan kepala dimiringkan ke satu sisi, mengamati Rubah dengan curiga. Namun dia tetap menutup rapat paruhnya pada keju itu dan tidak membalas sapaannya.
The Crow, her head cocked on one side, watched the Fox suspiciously. But she kept her beak tightly closed on the cheese and did not return his greeting.
“Betapa menawannya dia!” kata Rubah. “Betapa bulu-bulunya berkilau! Sungguh bentuk tubuh yang indah dan sayap yang sangat luar biasa! Burung yang sehebat itu pastilah memiliki suara yang sangat merdu, karena segala hal lain tentangnya begitu sempurna.
“What a charming creature she is!” said the Fox. “How her feathers shine! What a beautiful form and what splendid wings! Such a wonderful Bird should have a very lovely voice, since everything else about her is so perfect.
Seandainya dia bisa menyanyikan satu lagu saja, saya tahu saya pasti akan menobatkan dia sebagai Ratu Burung.”
Could she sing just one song, I know I should hail her Queen of Birds.”
Mendengarkan kata-kata sanjungan ini, sang Gagak melupakan semua kecurigaannya, dan juga sarapannya. Dia sangat ingin disebut sebagai Ratu Burung.
Listening to these flattering words, the Crow forgot all her suspicion, and also her breakfast. She wanted very much to be called Queen of Birds.
Maka dia membuka paruhnya lebar-lebar untuk mengeluarkan suara kuakan terkerasnya, dan jatuhlah keju itu tepat ke dalam mulut Rubah yang terbuka.
So she opened her beak wide to utter her loudest caw, and down fell the cheese straight into the Fox’s open mouth.
“Terima kasih,” kata Tuan Rubah dengan manis, sambil berjalan pergi. “Meskipun parau, Anda tentu saja memiliki suara. Namun di manakah akal sehat Anda?”
“Thank you,” said Master Fox sweetly, as he walked off. “Though it is cracked, you have a voice sure enough. But where are your wits?”
Orang yang suka menyanjung hidup dari kerugian orang-orang yang mau mendengarkannya.
The flatterer lives at the expense of those who will listen to him.
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