Cerita Rakyat Jambi Dalam Bahasa Inggris : Putri Tangguk

intro Cerita Rakyat Jambi Putri Tangguk Dalam Bahasa Inggris

This story is legend about Putri Tangguk, a woman who lived close to
Lake (Danau) Kerinci in the Jambi Province, on the island of Sumatra.
Putri Tangguk lived together with her husband and seven children. To
maintain the needs of their family, Putri Tangguk and her husband
planted rice in a small rice field, which was only as wide as a fish trap.
Although the rice field was very small, that field produced tremendous
amounts of rice. After every time they harvested rice, it
instantaneously emerged again and immediately began to ripen. They
would again harvest it, and like always, it would immediately grow up
and ripen again. This would happen continuously. Their work would
continue day and night, and with their harvest they had almost
completely filled their 7 rice barns full of what they reaped. Although
they were very busy with their work, they had forgotten about other
tasks that needed attention. Putri Tangguk sometimes would forget to
bathe. She also didnt take the opportunity to maintain friendships with
her neighbors and she would also neglect her seven children.
One evening when the children were already asleep, Putri Tangguk
spoke to her husband, which at that time was lying down on the floor.
Husband! Im very tired of everyday harvesting rice. I desire to
manage our children and maintain relationships with our neighbors.
While in the rice fields all day, we are very isolated.
Okay then, what do you want to do? asked Putri Tangguks husband,
with in a quiet and slow voice.
This is what I wish to do: I want to fill the seven rice barns beside our
home with rice to have all our rice needs met for several months into
the future, replied Putri Tangguk.
Okay then, tomorrow take all our children to the rice fields to help
carry the rice back to the barns, he replied.
Okay, great! responded Putri Tangguk.
Several moments later they were all sound asleep, because they were

all very tired from working day and night for so long. During the night a
heavy rain began to fall and continued till morning. The results of the
heavy rain was that the dirt path to the rice field became very slippery.
After breakfast, Putri Tangguk, together with her husband and seven
children, departed for the rice field to harvest all the rice they could
and bring it back to the 7 barns surrounding their home. Their plan was
to completely fill the barns with rice. While they were walking toward
the rice fields, Putri Tangguk slipped and fell. Her husband, that was
following immediately behind her helped her up. After getting up, Putri
Tangguk was very angry because of the muddy path.
Stupid path! snarled Putri Tangguk.
Being in a state of rage, and not thinking with common sense, Putri
Tangguk thought, Ill take the rice I harvest and spread it on the path
so it wont be slippery anymore.
After they had harvest a tremendous amount of rice, all of it was taken
and spread on the path so it wouldnt be slippery. They only were able
to bring a small amount of rice back to their home and place it in their
barns. As she promised, Putri Tangguk didnt ever return to the rice
field. She then began filling her daily work with weaving cloth. She
made shirts for herself, her husband, and her children. Her busyness
with weaving cloth caused her to forget about building and maintaining
relationships with her neighbors and seven children.
One day Putri Tangguk was so preoccupied with weaving cloth, from
morning till late at night, that she even forgot to cook rice for her
husband and children. The seven children then fell asleep without
having eaten. After Putri Tangguk finished weaving on that day, she
also fell asleep beside her husband and children.
During the middle of the night the youngest child awoke because of his
hunger pains. He was crying and asked for some food. Fortunately Putri
Tangguk was able to persuade the child to fall asleep again. After
another short duration of time other children woke up. In turn she
again persuaded them all to go back to sleep. When the oldest child
woke up and asked for food, Putri Tangguk didnt try to persuade him
to go back to sleep, she was angry with him.
Hey, youre already mature! You dont need somebody to wait on you
as if you were still a child. If youre hungry, get some rice out of the
pan and eat it. If theres no rice in the pan, take some out of the
storage can and cook it yourself. If there isnt any there, go the rice
barn and pound it into powder and cook it yourself! called out Putri
Tangguk to her oldest child.

Because he was very hungry, the oldest child followed his mothers
directions, but, when he went to the kitchen there wasnt any rice
there. There wasnt any in the pan, nor was there any in the storage
can.
Mother! The rice is all gone. There isnt any in the pan or in the
storage can, said the oldest child to his mother.
What did you say? The rice is all gone? I remember that I had left rice
in the pan the day before. Certainly there was still rice in the storage
can, because two times Ive cooked steamed rice and there should still
be some there! A thief must have come into our home and stole our
rice said Putri Tangguk.
Okay then, just try to endure without food till tomorrow morning! I
would be a little embarrassed to winnow and pound rice while it is still
the middle of the night. All our neighbors will hear the noise and I dont
want to wake them out of their sleep said Putri Tangguk
After saying that Putri Tangguk fell back to sleep because she was very
tired from having spent the entire day weaving. The oldest child also
fell back asleep.
The next morning the seven children woke with their stomachs
rumbling due to the hunger. The youngest was crying with a whimper
because he wasnt used to going without food that long and couldnt
endure. All of the children were then asking for food. Putri Tangguk
immediately asked her husband to get some rice from the rice barn so
she could pound it. The husband, wanting to meet the needs of his
family, immediately went to a rice barn. The husband was totally
shocked when he opened and looked inside the barn. It was empty!
Hey, where did all of our rice go? shouted the husband.
In a panic the husband inspected all of their 7 barns, and found every
one of them totally empty. There wasnt even a single grain of rice left
to be found in any of them.
Putri Tangguk! Come here fast! called out the husband to his wife.
Whats the problem? asked Putri Tangguk, with a very worried tone in
her voice.
Look! All of our rice barns are empty. Certainly there was a thief that
came and took all of our rice, said the husband.

Putri Tangguk just stood there with her mouth wide open in total shock.
It was as if she couldnt believe what she was seeing.
Yes! Last night a thief also took the rice out of our pan, as well as the
rice we had in our storage can, added Putri Tangguk.
But, its not a problem! We still have hope. Dont we still have a rice
field that produces a bumper crop of rice? asked Putri Tangguk.
After saying that, Putri Tangguk immediately pulled the hand of her
husband and ran toward the rice field. When they arrived at the rice
field they were again filled with total shock and amazement, because
Putri Tangguks hope had all faded away.
Oh my husband, all our hope is destroyed! Look at our rice field?
There isnt a single grain of rice, nor is there a single stalk of rice in our
field. Its all overgrown with thick grass, said Putri Tangguk.
The husband didnt do or say anything. He just stood there
dumbfounded, full of amazement at all that had just taken place. With
great feelings of sadness, Putri Tangguk and her husband returned
home. On the walk back to their home their feet felt increasingly heavy
with every step. During their journey home, Putri Tangguk thought
deeply about her character and actions during the last several months.
Before they arrived at their home she remembered what she did when
she took the rice and spread it like sand on the muddy path, so it
wouldnt be slippery anymore.
Putri Tangguk groaned in her heart; Oh my God! This is all my fault,
and weve been cursed because of what Ive done.
After they arrived at their home, Putri Tangguk wasnt able to do or say
anything. Her entire body went limp. Almost the entire day she sat and
contemplated what she had done. When the evening came she had a
dream of an elderly man with a long beard who was wearing white
clothing.
Hey Putri Tangguk! I know you have a rice field that is as wide as a
fish trap, even so, that small rice field is able to produce so much rice
that you could make a mountain out of it, even a mountain the size of
Mount Kerinci. But Im sorry, Putri Tangguk! You are a proud and
arrogant person. You thought little of the rice you harvested, which you
wastefully used as sand to spread on the muddy path between your
home and your rice field. You need to understand Putri Tangguk, that
among the grains of rice you scattered on the muddy path, there was a

single black stalk. That black stalk was our king. If it was only the
other rice that you used, there wouldnt be a problem. But, because
our king was also spread out on the muddy path, we all became angry.
We will no longer come and grow in your rice field. In the future, you
and your family will suffer. To obtain your daily food, you will to scratch,
claw, and scavenge like a chicken to find enough. Your hard labor will
only produce enough food for you to be able to eat that same day. You
and your family will not be able to eat if you dont work first. Your life
will truly become like that of a chicken; scratch, claw, and scavenge,
and then you can eat, said the elderly white haired man with the
white clothing, in Putri Tangguks dream.
Once Putri Tangguk woke from her sleep, she was very sad and
contemplated about all that the elderly white haired man has said. She
knew that for the rest of her life, together with her family, she would
life a life of misery and experience great hardships. She greatly
regretted all that she had done, as well as regretted her pride and
arrogance when she spread the rice on the muddy path. Even with all
her feelings of regret, there wasnt anything she could do to change
her future of misery.
terjemahan
Dimana Putri Tangguk merupakan seorang petani yang tinggal di
Negeri Bunga Tanjung, Kecamatan Danau Kerinci, Provinsi Jambi,
Indonesia. Ia memiliki sawah hanya seluas tangguk, tetapi mampu
menghasilkan padi yang sangat melimpah. Pada suatu hari, Putri
Tangguk dikejutkan dengan sebuah peristiwa aneh di sawahnya. Ia
mendapati tanaman padinya telah berubah menjadi rerumputan tebal.
Mengapa tanaman padi Putri Tangguk secara ajaib berubah menjadi
rumput? Temukan jawabannya dalam cerita Putri Tangguk berikut ini!
***
Alkisah, di Negeri Bunga, Kecamatan Danau Kerinci Jambi, ada seorang
perempuan bernama Putri Tangguk. Ia hidup bersama suami dan tujuh
orang anaknya. Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan keluarganya, ia bersama
suaminya menanam padi di sawahnya yang hanya seluas tangguk.
Meskipun hanya seluas tangguk, sawah itu dapat menghasilkan padi
yang sangat banyak. Setiap habis dipanen, tanaman padi di sawahnya
muncul lagi dan menguning. Dipanen lagi, muncul lagi, dan begitu
seterusnya. Berkat ketekunannya bekerja siang dan malam menuai
padi, tujuh lumbung padinya yang besar-besar sudah hampir penuh.
Namun, kesibukan itu membuatnya lupa mengerjakan pekerjaan lain.
Ia terkadang lupa mandi sehingga dakinya dapat dikerok dengan
sendok. Ia juga tidak sempat bersilaturahmi dengan tetangganya dan
mengurus ketujuh orang anaknya.

Pada suatu malam, saat ketujuh anaknya sudah tidur, Putri Tangguk
berkata kepada suaminya yang sedang berbaring di atas pembaringan.
Bang! Adik sudah capek setiap hari menuai padi. Adik ingin mengurus
anak-anak dan bersilaturahmi ke tetangga, karena kita seperti
terkucil, ungkap Putri Tangguk kepada suaminya.
Lalu, apa rencanamu, Dik? tanya suaminya dengan suara pelan.
Begini Bang! Besok Adik ingin memenuhi ketujuh lumbung padi yang
ada di samping rumah untuk persediaan kebutuhan kita beberapa
bulan ke depan, jawab Putri Tangguk.
Baiklah kalau begitu. Besok anak-anak kita ajak ke sawah untuk
membantu mengangkut padi pulang ke rumah, jawab suaminya.
Ya, Bang! jawab Putri Tangguk.
Beberapa saat kemudian, mereka pun tertidur lelap karena kelelahan
setelah bekerja hampir sehari semalam. Ketika malam semakin larut,
tiba-tiba hujan turun dengan deras. Hujan itu baru berhenti saat hari
mulai pagi. akibatnya, semua jalan yang ada di kampung maupun yang
menuju ke sawah menjadi licin.
Usai sarapan, Putri Tangguk bersama suami dan ketujuh anaknya
berangkat ke sawah untuk menuai padi dan mengangkutnya ke rumah.
Dalam perjalanan menuju ke sawah, tiba-tiba Putri Tangguk terpelesat
dan terjatuh. Suaminya yang berjalan di belakangnya segera
menolongnya. Walau sudah ditolong, Putri Tangguk tetap marahmarah.
Jalanan kurang ajar! hardik Putri Tangguk.
Baiklah! Padi yang aku tuai nanti akan aku serakkan di sini sebagai
pengganti pasir agar tidak licin lagi, tambahnya.
Setelah menuai padi yang banyak, hampir semua padi yang mereka
bawa diserakkan di jalan itu sehingga tidak licin lagi. Mereka hanya
membawa pulang sedikit padi dan memasukkannya ke dalam lumbung
padi. Sesuai dengan janjinya, Putri Tangguk tidak pernah lagi menuai
padi di sawahnya yang seluas tangguk itu. Kini, ia mengisi hari-harinya
dengan menenun kain. Ia membuat baju untuk dirinya sendiri, suami,
dan untuk anak-anaknya. Akan tetapi, kesibukannya menenun kain
tersebut lagi-lagi membuatnya lupa bersilaturahmi ke rumah tetangga
dan mengurus ketujuh anaknya.

Pada suatu hari, Putri Tangguk keasyikan menenun kain dari pagi
hingga sore hari, sehingga lupa memasak nasi di dapur untuk suami
dan anak-anaknya. Putri Tangguk tetap saja asyik menenun sampai
larut malam. Ketujuh anaknya pun tertidur semua. Setelah selesai
menenun, Putri Tangguk pun ikut tidur di samping anak-anaknya.
Pada saat tengah malam, si Bungsu terbangun karena kelaparan. Ia
menangis minta makan. Untungnya Putri Tangguk dapat membujuknya
sehingga anak itu tertidur kembali. Selang beberapa waktu, anakanaknya yang lain pun terbangun secara bergiliran, dan ia berhasil
membujuknya untuk kembali tidur. Namun, ketika anaknya yang
Sulung bangun dan minta makan, ia bukan membujuknya, melainkan
memarahinya.
Hei, kamu itu sudah besar! Tidak perlu dilayani seperti anak kecil.
Ambil sendiri nasi di panci. Kalau tidak ada, ambil beras dalam kaleng
dan masak sendiri. Jika tidak ada beras, ambil padi di lumbung dan
tumbuk sendiri! seru Putri Tangguk kepada anak sulungnya.
Oleh karena sudah kelaparan, si Sulung pun menuruti kata-kata
ibunya. Namun, ketika masuk ke dapur, ia tidak menemukan nasi di
panci maupun beras di kaleng.
Bu! Nasi dan beras sudah habis semua. Tolonglah tumbukkan dan
tampikan padi! pinta si Sulung kepada ibunya.
Apa katamu? Nasi dan beras sudah habis? Seingat ibu, masih ada nasi
dingin di panci sisa kemarin. Beras di kaleng pun sepertinya masih ada
untuk dua kali tanak. Pasti ada pencuri yang memasuki rumah kita,
kata Putri Tangguk.
Ya, sudahlah kalau begitu. Tahan saja laparnya hingga besok pagi! Ibu
malas menumbuk dan menampi beras, apalagi malam-malam begini.
Nanti mengganggu tetangga, ujar Putri Tangguk.
Usai berkata begitu, Putri Tangguk tertidur kembali karena kelelahan
setelah menenun seharian penuh. Si Sulung pun kembali tidur dan ia
harus menahan lapar hingga pagi hari.
Keesokan harinya, ketujuh anaknya bangun dalam keadaan perut
keroncongan. Si Bungsu menangis merengek-rengek karena sudah
tidak kuat menahan lapar. Demikian pula, keenam anaknya yang lain,
semua kelaparan dan minta makan. Putri Tangguk pun segera
menyuruh suaminya mengambil padi di lumbung untuk ditumbuk.
Sang Suami pun segera menuju ke lumbung padi yang berada di
samping rumah. Alangkah terkejutnya sang Suami saat membuka

salah satu lumbung padinya, ia mendapati lumbungnya kosong.

Hei, ke mana padi-padi itu? gumam sang Suami.
Dengan perasaan panik, ia pun memeriksa satu per satu lumbung
padinya yang lain. Namun, setelah ia membuka semuanya, tidak
sebutir pun biji padi yang tersisa.
Dik...! Dik...! Cepatlah kemari! seru sang Suami memanggil Putri
Tangguk.
Ada apa, Bang? tanya Putri Tangguk dengan perasaan cemas.
Lihatlah! Semua lumbung padi kita kosong. Pasti ada pencuri yang
mengambil padi kita, jawab sang Suami.
Putri Tangguk hanya ternganga penuh keheranan. Ia seakan-akan tidak
percaya pada apa yang baru disaksikannya.
Benar, Bang! Tadi malam pencuri itu juga mengambil nasi kita di
panci dan beras di kaleng, tambah Putri Tangguk.
Tapi, tidak apalah, Bang! Kita masih mempunyai harapan. Bukankah
sawah kita adalah gudang padi? kata Putri Tangguk.
Usai berkata begitu, Putri Tangguk langsung menarik tangan suaminya
lalu berlari menuju ke sawah. Sesampai di sawah, alangkah kecewanya
Putri Tangguk, karena harapannya telah sirna.
Bang! Pupuslah harapan kita. Lihatlah sawah kita! Jangankan biji padi,
batang padi pun tidak ada. Yang ada hanya rumput tebal menutupi
sawah kita, kata Putri Tangguk.
Sang Suami pun tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa. Ia hanya tercengang
penuh keheranan menyaksikan peristiwa aneh itu. Dengan perasaan
sedih, Putri Tangguk dan suaminya pulang ke rumah. Kakinya terasa
sangat berat untuk melangkah. Selama dalam perjalanan, Putri
Tangguk mencoba merenungi sikap dan perbuatannya selama ini.
Sebelum sampai di rumah, teringatlah ia pada sikap dan perlakuannya
terhadap padi dengan menganggapnya hanya seperti pasir dan
menyerakkannya di jalan yang becek agar tidak licin.
Ya... Tuhan! Itukah kesalahanku sehingga kutukan ini datang kepada
kami? keluh Putri Tangguk dalam hati.
Sesampainnya di rumah, Putri Tangguk tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa.

Seluruh badannya terasa lemas. Hampir seharian ia hanya duduk

termenung. Pada malam harinya, ia bermimpi didatangi oleh seorang
lelaki tua berjenggot panjang mengenakan pakaian berwarna putih.
Wahai Putri Tangguk! Aku tahu kamu mempunyai sawah seluas
tangguk, tetapi hasilnya mampu mengisi dasar Danau Kerinci sampai
ke langit. Tetapi sayang, Putri Tangguk! Kamu orang yang sombong dan
takabbur. Kamu pernah meremehkan padi-padi itu dengan
menyerakkannya seperti pasir sebagai pelapis jalan licin. Ketahuilah,
wahai Putri Tangguk...! Di antara padi-padi yang pernah kamu serakkan
itu ada setangkai padi hitam. Dia adalah raja kami. Jika hanya kami
yang kamu perlakukan seperti itu, tidak akan menjadi masalah. Tetapi,
karena raja kami juga kamu perlakukan seperti itu, maka kami semua
marah. Kami tidak akan datang lagi dan tumbuh di sawahmu. Masa
depan kamu dan keluargamu akan sengsara. Rezekimu hanya akan
seperti rezeki ayam. Hasil kerja sehari, cukup untuk dimakan sehari.
Kamu dan keluargamu tidak akan bisa makan jika tidak bekerja dulu.
Hidupmu benar-benar akan seperti ayam, mengais dulu baru
makan.... ujar lelaki tua itu dalam mimpi Putri Tangguk.
Putri Tangguk belum sempat berkata apa-apa, orang tua itu sudah
menghilang. Ia terbangun dari tidurnya saat hari mulai siang. Ia sangat
sedih merenungi semua ucapan orang tua yang datang dalam
mimpinya semalam. Ia akan menjalani hidup bersama keluarganya
dengan kesengsaraan. Ia sangat menyesali semua perbuatannya yang
sombong dan takabbur dengan menyerakkan padi untuk pelapis jalan
licin. Namun, apalah arti sebuah penyesalan. Menyesal kemudian
tiadalah guna.
***
Demikian cerita Putri Tangguk dari Provinsi Jambi. Cerita di atas
tergolong mitos yang mengandung pesan-pesan moral yang dapat
dijadikan pedoman dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Di kalangan
masyarakat Jambi, mitos ini sering dijadikan nasihat orang tua kepada
anak-anaknya agar tidak menyia-nyiakan padi.
Pesan moral yang dapat dipetik dari cerita di atas adalah keburukan
sifat sombong dan takabbur. Sifat ini tercermin pada sikap dan perilaku
Putri Tangguk yang telah meremehkan padi dengan cara
menyerakkannya di jalan yang licin sebagai pengganti pasir.
Akibatnya, hidupnya menjadi sengsara karena padi-padi tersebut
murka kepadanya.
Dari sini dapat dipetik sebuah pelajaran bahwa harta dan pekerjaan
dapat membuat seseorang lalai, lengah, dan tidak waspada dalam

berbuat, sehingga mengakibatkan kebinasaan dan malapetaka. Orang

yang memiliki sifat-sifat tersebut biasanya akan menyadari
kesalahannya setelah tertimpa musibah. Sebagaimana dikatakan
dalam ungkapan Melayu, ingat setelah kena (Tennas Effendy, 1995:
87). Hal ini tampak pada sikap dan perilaku Putri Tangguk, yang baru
menyadari dan menyesali semua perbuatannya setelah tertimpa
musibah, yakni padi ajaib enggan untuk kembali dan tumbuh lagi di
sawahnya.
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