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Cerita Sangkuriang Dalam Bahasa Inggris
Cerita Sangkuriang Dalam Bahasa Inggris
Long time ago, there lived a beautiful woman named Dayang Sumbi. One day, she
was quilting. Suddenly, her quilt fell off from her house. She prayed to Gods, "If a
man picks up my quilt, he will be my husband. If a woman, she will be my sister".
Then, a male dog picks it up. For keeping her words, she married the dog and
called him Tumang. She gave birth to a baby, named him Sangkuriang, but never
told him who his father was.
One day, Sangkuriang was hunting with Tumang in the forest and he found
nothing. He blamed Tumang for the failure and killed him. When Dayang Sumbi
knew that, she hit Sangkuriang's head with a big spoon and asked him to go away.
Many years later, Sangkuriang found a house in the forest and a beautiful woman
was inside. The woman, Dayang Sumbi, recognized him as Sangkuriang. He fell in
love with her without knowing that she was his mother. He forced her to marry
him. Dayang Sumbi could not accept it because they were mother and son.
She asked him an impossible requirement to marry her. He must build a big boat
within a night and shall be finished by dawn. Sangkuriang agreed and built it with
the help of spirits.
When he was almost finished, Dayang Sumbi asked women nearby to hit the grains
as a fake sign that dawn is coming. The spirits run away and Sangkuriang failed to
finish the boat. He was very angry and kicked away the boat upside down and it
turned into a mountain called Tangkuban Perahu.
Arti Cerita Sangkuriang
Dahulu kala, hiduplah seorang wanita cantik bernama Dayang Sumbi. Suatu hari,
dia sedang merajut. Tiba-tiba, alatnya jatuh dari rumahnya. Dia berdoa kepada
Tuhan, "Jika seorang pria mengambilnya, dia akan menjadi suami saya. Jika
seorang wanita, dia akan menjadi saudara perempuan saya".
Suatu hari, Sangkuriang sedang berburu dengan Tumang di hutan dan dia tidak
menemukan apa-apa. Dia menyalahkan Tumang atas kegagalan itu dan
membunuhnya. Ketika Dayang Sumbi mengetahui hal itu, dia memukul kepala
Sangkuriang dengan sendok besar dan mengusirnya.