Sangkuriang dalam Bahasa Inggris
Long time ago in West Java, lived a beautiful girl named Dayang
Sumbi. She was also smart and clever. Her beauty and intelligence made a
prince from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan desire her as his wife.
The prince asked permission from his father to marry Dayang Sumbi.
People from Kahyangan could never live side by side with humans, but his
father approved on one condition, when they had a child, the prince
would transform into a dog. The prince accepted the condition.
They get married and lived happily in the woods until Dayang Sumbi
gave birth to a baby boy. The prince then changed into a dog named
Tumang. Their son is named Sangkuriang. He was very smart and handsome
like his father. Everyday, he hunted animals and looked for fruits to
eat. One day, when he was hunting, Sangkuriang accidentally killed
Tumang. His arrow missed the deer he was targeting and hit Tumang
instead. He went home and tells her mother about the dog. “What?” Dayang
Sumbi was appalled. Driven by sadness and anger, she grabbed a weaving
tool and hit Sangkuriang’s head with it. Dayang Sumbi was so sad; she
didn’t pay any attention to Sangkuriang and started to cry.
Sangkuriang feel sad and also confused. How can his mother love a dog
more than him? Sangkuriang then decided to go away from their home and
went on a journey. In the morning, Dayang Sumbi finally stopped crying.
She started to feel better, so she went to find Sangkuriang. But her son
was no where to be found. She looked everywhere but still couldn’t find
him. Finally, she went home with nothing. She was exhausted. She fell
asleep, and in her dream, she meets her husband. “Dayang Sumbi, don’t be
sad. Go look for my body in the woods and get the heart. Soak it with
water, and use the water to bathe, and you will look young forever,”
said the prince in her dream. After bathing with the water used to soak
the dog’s heart, Dayang Sumbi looked more beautiful and even younger.
And time passed by. Sangkuriang on his journey stopped at a village
and met and fell in love with a beautiful girl.He didn’t realize that
the village was his homeland and the beautiful girl was his own mother,
Dayang Sumbi. Their love grew naturally and he asked the girl to marry
him. One day, Sangkuriang was going on a hunt. He asked Dayang Sumbi to
fix the turban on his head. Dayang Sumbi was startled when she saw a
scar on his head at the same place where she, years ago, hit Sangkuriang
on the head.
After the young man left, Dayang Sumbi prayed for guidance. After
praying, she became convinc
ed that the young man was indeed her missing
son. She realized that she had to do something to prevent Sangkuriang
from marrying her. But she did not wish to disappoint him by cancelling
the wedding. So, although she agreed to marry Sangkuriang, she would do
so only on the condition that he provides her with a lake and built a
beautiful boat, all in one night.
Sangkuriang accepted this condition without a doubt. He had spent his
youth studying magical arts. After the sun went down, Sangkuriang went
to the hill. Then he called a group of genie to build a dam around
Citarum River. Then, he commands the genies to cut down trees and build a
boat. A few moments before dawn, Sangkuriang and his genie servants
almost finished the boat.
Dayang Sumbi, who had been spying on him, realised that Sangkuriang
would fulfill the condition she had set. Dayang Sumbi immediately woke
all the women in the village and asked them to wave a long red scarf.
All the women in the village were waving red scarf, making it look as if
dawn was breaking. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers
rose for the new day.
Sangkuriang’s genie servants immediately dropped their work and ran
for cover from the sun, which they feared. Sangkuriang grew furious.
With all his anger, he kicked the unfinished boat. The boat flew and
landed on a valley. The boat then became a mountain, called Mount
Tangkuban Perahu (Tangkuban means upturned or upside down, and Perahu
means boat). With his power, he destroyed the dam. The water drained
from the lake becoming a wide plain and nowadays became a city called
Bandung (from the word Bendung, which means Dam).
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