Indonesian–English parallel text

Pohon Ek dan Alang-Alang

The Oak and the Reeds

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Seekor Pohon Ek Raksasa berdiri di dekat sebuah anak sungai tempat beberapa Alang-Alang ramping tumbuh. Ketika angin bertiup, Pohon Ek yang hebat itu berdiri tegak dengan bangga dengan seratus lengannya terangkat ke langit. Tetapi Alang-Alang itu membungkuk rendah di dalam angin dan menyanyikan lagu yang sedih dan pilu.

A Giant Oak stood near a brook in which grew some slender Reeds. When the wind blew, the great Oak stood proudly upright with its hundred arms uplifted to the sky. But the Reeds bowed low in the wind and sang a sad and mournful song.

“Kamu punya alasan untuk mengeluh,” kata Pohon Ek. “Angin sepoi-sepoi paling lembut yang mengocok permukaan air membuat kalian menundukkan kepala, sementara aku, Pohon Ek yang perkasa, berdiri tegak dan kukuh di hadapan badai yang melolong.”

“You have reason to complain,” said the Oak. “The slightest breeze that ruffles the surface of the water makes you bow your heads, while I, the mighty Oak, stand upright and firm before the howling tempest.”

“Jangan khawatirkan kami,” jawab Alang-Alang. “Angin tidak menyakiti kami. Kami membungkuk di hadapannya sehingga kami tidak patah. Kamu, dengan segala kebanggaan dan kekuatanmu, sejauh ini telah menahan hembusannya. Namun akhirnya akan segera tiba.”

“Do not worry about us,” replied the Reeds. “The winds do not harm us. We bow before them and so we do not break. You, in all your pride and strength, have so far resisted their blows. But the end is coming.”

Saat Alang-Alang itu berbicara, badai besar menerjang dari utara. Pohon Ek berdiri dengan bangga dan melawan badai tersebut, sementara Alang-Alang yang lentur membungkuk rendah.

As the Reeds spoke a great hurricane rushed out of the north. The Oak stood proudly and fought against the storm, while the yielding Reeds bowed low.

Angin menggandakan kemarahannya, dan seketika pohon besar itu tumbang, tercabut hingga ke akar-akarnya, dan terbaring di antara Alang-Alang yang merasa iba.

The wind redoubled in fury, and all at once the great tree fell, torn up by the roots, and lay among the pitying Reeds.

Lebih baik mengalah saat melawan adalah hal yang bodoh, daripada bertahan dengan keras kepala dan hancur.

Better to yield when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.

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