The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Crystal Apple

Once a peasant lived with his wife, and they had three daughters: two were finely dressed and clever, but the third was a simple girl; the sisters and the father and mother as well called her the Little Fool. They hustled the Little Fool, thrust her about this way and that and forced her to work. She never said a word and was always ready to weed the grass, break off lamp-splinters, feed the cows and ducks, and whatever anybody asked for the Little Fool would bring. They had only to say, “Fool, go and fetch this!” or “Fool, come and look here!”

Dahulu seorang petani hidup bersama istrinya, dan mereka memiliki tiga anak perempuan: dua berpakaian rapi dan cerdas, tetapi yang ketiga adalah gadis sederhana; kakak-kakaknya serta ayah dan ibunya sama-sama memanggilnya Si Bodoh Kecil. Mereka mendorong-dorong Si Bodoh Kecil, mendesaknya ke sana kemari dan memaksanya bekerja. Ia tak pernah membantah dan selalu siap mencabuti rumput, mematahkan serpihan kayu untuk lampu, memberi makan sapi dan bebek, dan apa pun yang diminta orang, Si Bodoh Kecil akan membawakannya. Mereka hanya perlu berkata, "Si Bodoh, pergi ambilkan ini!" atau "Si Bodoh, ke sini lihat ini!"

One day the peasant went with his hay to the fair, and he asked his daughters, “What shall I bring you as your fairing?”

Suatu hari petani itu pergi membawa jeraminya ke pasar malam, dan ia bertanya kepada putri-putrinya, "Apa yang harus kubawakan untuk kalian sebagai oleh-oleh?"

One daughter asked, “Buy me some red cloth for a sarafan.” The other asked, “Buy me some scarlet nankin.” But the Fool sat still and said nothing.

Salah satu putrinya berkata, "Belikan aku kain merah untuk sarafan." Yang lain berkata, "Belikan aku kain nankin merah tua." Tetapi Si Bodoh duduk diam dan tidak berkata apa-apa.

Well, after all, the Fool was his daughter, and her father felt sorry for her, so he asked her, “What would you like to have, Fool?”

Nah, bagaimanapun juga, Si Bodoh tetaplah putrinya, dan ayahnya merasa kasihan kepadanya, maka ia bertanya kepadanya, "Apa yang kau ingin miliki, Si Bodoh?"

So the Fool smiled and said, “Buy me, my own father, a silver saucer and a crystal apple.”

Maka Si Bodoh tersenyum dan berkata, "Belikan aku, ayahku sendiri, sebuah nampan perak dan sebuah apel kristal."

“What do you mean?” asked the sisters.

"Apa maksudmu?" tanya kakak-kakaknya.

“I should then roll the apple on the saucer, and should speak words which an old woman taught me in return for my giving her a loaf of white bread.” So the peasant promised, and went away.

"Aku akan menggulirkan apel itu di atas nampan, dan mengucapkan kata-kata yang diajarkan seorang nenek tua kepadaku sebagai balasan karena aku memberinya seloyang roti putih." Maka petani itu berjanji, dan pergi.

Whether he went far or near, whether he took long or short, anyhow he went to the fair, sold his hay, bought the fairings, gave his one daughter the scarlet nankin, the other the red cloth for a sarafan and the Fool a silver saucer and a crystal apple. He came back home and he showed them. Both sisters were overjoyed, sewed sarafans, and mocked the Fool, and waited to see what she would do with her silver saucer and crystal apple.

Entah ia pergi jauh atau dekat, entah ia menempuh waktu lama atau singkat, bagaimanapun ia sampai di pasar malam, menjual jeraminya, membeli oleh-oleh itu, memberikan kepada seorang putrinya kain nankin merah tua, yang lain kain merah untuk sarafan dan Si Bodoh sebuah nampan perak dan apel kristal. Ia pulang ke rumah dan menunjukkannya kepada mereka. Kedua kakaknya sangat gembira, menjahit sarafan, dan mengejek Si Bodoh, dan menunggu untuk melihat apa yang akan ia lakukan dengan nampan perak dan apel kristalnya.

But the Fool did not eat the apple, but sat in a corner and whispered, “Roll, roll, roll, little apple, on the silver saucer, and show me all the cities and the fields, all the woods and the seas, and the heights of the hills and the fairness of heaven.”

Tetapi Si Bodoh tidak memakan apelnya, melainkan duduk di sudut dan berbisik, "Bergulirlah, bergulirlah, bergulirlah, apel kecil, di atas nampan perak, dan tunjukkan padaku semua kota dan ladang, semua hutan dan laut, dan ketinggian bukit-bukit dan keindahan langit."

Then the apple rolled about on the saucer; a transparency came over the silver; and, on the saucer, all the cities, one after the other, became visible, all the ships on the seas, and the regiments in the fields, and the heights of the mountains, and the beauties of the sky. Sunset appeared after sunset and the stars gathered in their nocturnal dances: it was all so beautiful and so lovely as no tale can tell and no pen can write.

Maka apel itu pun bergulir di atas nampan; sebuah kejernihan menyelimuti perak itu; dan, di atas nampan itu, semua kota, satu demi satu, menjadi terlihat, semua kapal di lautan, dan pasukan-pasukan di ladang, dan ketinggian gunung-gunung, dan keindahan langit. Matahari terbenam demi matahari terbenam muncul dan bintang-bintang berkumpul dalam tarian malam mereka: semuanya begitu indah dan begitu memesona sehingga tak ada kisah yang bisa menceritakannya dan tak ada pena yang bisa menuliskannya.

Then the sisters looked on and they became envious and wanted to take the saucer away from their sister, but she would not exchange her saucer for anything else in the world. So the evil sisters walked about, called out and began to talk. “Oh, my darling sisters, let us go into the wood and pick berries and look for wild strawberries!”

Kemudian kakak-kakaknya menyaksikan itu dan mereka menjadi iri dan ingin merebut nampan itu dari adik mereka, tetapi ia tidak mau menukarkan nampannya dengan apa pun juga di dunia ini. Maka kedua kakak yang jahat itu berjalan-jalan, memanggil dan mulai berbicara. "Oh, adik-adikku sayang, mari kita pergi ke hutan dan memetik buah beri dan mencari stroberi liar!"

So the Fool gave her saucer to her father and herself went into the wood. She wandered about with her sisters, plucked the strawberries, and saw a spade lying on the grass; then the other sisters took the spade and began beating the Fool with it, slew the Fool, buried her under a silver birch, and came back to their father late at night, saying, “The Little Fool ran away from us, we could not find her, we went all over the wood searching for her. We suppose the wolves must have eaten her up.”

Maka Si Bodoh menyerahkan nampannya kepada ayahnya dan sendiri pergi ke hutan. Ia berkeliaran bersama kakak-kakaknya, memetik stroberi, dan melihat sebuah sekop tergeletak di rumput; lalu kedua kakaknya mengambil sekop itu dan mulai memukuli Si Bodoh dengannya, membunuh Si Bodoh, menguburkannya di bawah pohon birch perak, dan kembali kepada ayah mereka larut malam, berkata, "Si Bodoh Kecil lari dari kami, kami tidak dapat menemukannya, kami menjelajahi seluruh hutan mencarinya. Kami rasa serigala pasti telah memakannya."

But the father was sorry. She was a Fool, but she was his daughter after all, and so the peasant wept for his daughter, took the silver saucer and the apple, put them into a coffer and locked them up. And the sisters also wept for her.

Namun sang ayah sedih hatinya. Ia memang bodoh, tetapi ia tetaplah putrinya, maka petani itu menangisi putrinya, mengambil nampan perak dan apel itu, memasukkannya ke dalam sebuah peti dan menguncinya. Dan kedua kakaknya pun ikut menangisinya.

Soon a herd came by and the trumpet sounded at dawn. But the shepherd was taking his flock, and at dawn he sounded his trumpet and went into the wood to look for a little lamb. He saw a little hummock beside a silver birch, and on it all around ruby-red and azure flowers, and bulrushes standing above the flowers. So the young shepherd broke a bulrush, made a pipe of it, and a wonderful wonder happened, a marvellous marvel: the pipe began of itself to sing and to speak.

Tak lama kemudian sekelompok ternak lewat dan terompet berbunyi saat fajar. Namun sang gembala sedang menggiring kawanannya, dan saat fajar ia meniupkan terompetnya dan pergi ke hutan untuk mencari seekor anak domba kecil. Ia melihat sebuah gundukan kecil di samping sebatang pohon birch perak, dan di sekelilingnya bunga-bunga merah delima dan biru langit, dan tanaman mendong berdiri di atas bunga-bunga itu. Maka gembala muda itu mematahkan sebatang mendong, membuatnya menjadi seruling, dan sebuah keajaiban yang menakjubkan terjadi, sebuah keajaiban yang luar biasa: seruling itu mulai dengan sendirinya bernyanyi dan berbicara.

“Play on, play on, my little pipe. Console my father, console my guiding light, my father, and tell my mother of me, and my sisters, the little doves. For they killed me, the poor one, and for a silver saucer have severed me from light, all for my enchanted apple.”

"Berbunyilah, berbunyilah, serulingku kecil. Hiburlah ayahku, hiburlah cahaya penuntunku, ayahku, dan sampaikan kepada ibuku tentang diriku, dan kepada kakak-kakakku, merpati-merpati kecil itu. Sebab mereka membunuhku, si malang ini, dan demi sebuah nampan perak telah memisahkanku dari cahaya, semua demi apel ajaibku."

People heard and ran together, the entire village thronged round the shepherd, asked him who had been slain. There was no end to the question. “Good folks all,” said the shepherd, “I do not know anything about it. I was looking for a little sheep in the wood, and I saw a knoll, on the knoll flowers, and a bulrush over the knoll. I broke off a bulrush, carved myself a pipe out of it, and the pipe began singing and speaking of itself.”

Orang-orang mendengar dan berlari berkumpul, seluruh penduduk desa mengerumuni sang gembala, bertanya kepadanya siapa yang telah dibunuh. Tak ada habisnya pertanyaan itu. "Wahai orang-orang baik," kata sang gembala, "aku tidak tahu apa-apa tentang itu. Aku sedang mencari seekor domba kecil di hutan, dan aku melihat sebuah gundukan, di gundukan itu ada bunga-bunga, dan sebatang mendong di atas gundukan itu. Aku mematahkan sebatang mendong, mengukirnya menjadi seruling, dan seruling itu mulai bernyanyi dan berbicara dengan sendirinya."

Now it so happened that the father of the Little Fool was there, heard the words of the shepherd, wanted to lay hold of the pipe, when the pipe began singing, “Play on, play on, little pipe: this is my father; console him with my mother. My poor little self they slew, they withdrew from the white world, all for the sake of my silver vessel and crystal apple.”

Kebetulan ayah Si Bodoh Kecil ada di sana, mendengar kata-kata sang gembala, ingin memegang seruling itu, ketika seruling itu mulai bernyanyi, "Berbunyilah, berbunyilah, seruling kecil: ini ayahku; hiburlah dia bersama ibuku. Diriku yang malang mereka bunuh, mereka menyingkirkanku dari dunia yang terang, semua demi nampan perakku dan apel kristalku."

“Lead us, shepherd,” said the father, “where you broke off the bulrush.” So they followed the shepherd into the wood and to the knoll, and they were amazed at the beautiful flowers, ruby-red, sky-blue, that grew there.

"Tunjukkan jalannya, gembala," kata sang ayah, "ke tempat kau memetik mendong itu." Maka mereka mengikuti sang gembala ke hutan dan ke gundukan itu, dan mereka tercengang melihat bunga-bunga indah, merah delima, biru langit, yang tumbuh di sana.

Then they began to dig up the knoll and discovered the dead body. The father clasped his hands, groaned as he recognised his unfortunate daughter, saw her lying there slain, not knowing by whom she had been buried. And all the good folks asked who had been the slayers, who had been the murderers. Then the pipe began playing and speaking of itself. “O my light, my father, my sisters called me to the wood: they killed me here to get my saucer, my silver saucer, and my crystal apple. You cannot raise me from my heavy sleep till you get water from the Tsar’s well.”

Kemudian mereka mulai menggali gundukan itu dan menemukan jasad yang telah tewas. Sang ayah mengatupkan tangannya, mengerang saat ia mengenali putrinya yang malang, melihatnya terbaring di sana tewas, tanpa tahu oleh siapa ia dikuburkan. Dan semua orang baik itu bertanya siapa yang menjadi pembunuhnya, siapa yang menjadi pelakunya. Kemudian seruling itu mulai berbunyi dan berbicara dengan sendirinya. "Oh cahayaku, ayahku, kakak-kakakku memanggilku ke hutan: mereka membunuhku di sini untuk merebut nampanku, nampan perakku, dan apel kristalku. Kau tidak dapat membangunkanku dari tidur lelapku ini sampai kau mendapatkan air dari sumur Tsar."

The two envious sisters trembled, paled, and their soul was in flames. They acknowledged their guilt. They were seized, bound, locked up in a dark vault at the Tsar’s pleasure. But the father set out on his way to the capital city. The road was long or short. At last he reached the town and came up to the palace. The Tsar, the little sun, was coming down the golden staircase. The old man bowed down to the earth and asked for the Tsar’s mercy. Then the Tsar, the hope, said, “Take the water of life from the Tsar’s well. When your daughter revives, bring her here with the saucer, the apple, and the evil-doing sisters.”

Kedua kakak yang iri itu gemetar, pucat pasi, dan jiwa mereka bagaikan terbakar. Mereka mengakui kesalahan mereka. Mereka pun ditangkap, diikat, dikunci di dalam ruang bawah tanah yang gelap sesuai kehendak Tsar. Namun sang ayah berangkat menuju ibu kota. Jalannya panjang atau pendek, tak terlalu penting. Akhirnya ia mencapai kota itu dan sampai di istana. Sang Tsar, sang mentari kecil, sedang turun menuruni tangga emas. Orang tua itu bersujud ke tanah dan memohon belas kasihan Tsar. Kemudian Tsar, sang harapan, berkata, "Ambillah air kehidupan dari sumur Tsar. Ketika putrimu hidup kembali, bawa ia ke sini bersama nampan, apel, dan kakak-kakaknya yang jahat itu."

The old man was overjoyed, bowed down to earth and took the phial with the living water, ran into the wood to the flowery knoll, and took up the body. As soon as ever he sprinkled it with the water his daughter sprang up in front of him alive, and hung like a dove upon her father’s neck.

Orang tua itu sangat gembira, bersujud ke tanah dan mengambil botol kecil berisi air kehidupan itu, berlari ke hutan menuju gundukan berbunga itu, dan mengangkat jasad itu. Begitu ia memercikkan air itu ke atasnya, putrinya melompat bangun hidup di hadapannya, dan bergelayut seperti seekor merpati di leher ayahnya.

All the people gathered together and wept. The old man went to the capital city. He was taken into the Tsar’s rooms. The Tsar, the little sun, appeared, saw the old man with his three daughters, two tied by the hands, and the third daughter like a spring flower, the light of Paradise in her eyes, with the dawn on her face, tears flowing in her eyes, falling like pearls.

Semua orang berkumpul bersama dan menangis. Orang tua itu pergi ke ibu kota. Ia dibawa masuk ke ruangan Tsar. Sang Tsar, sang mentari kecil, muncul, melihat orang tua itu bersama ketiga putrinya, dua terikat di tangannya, dan putri ketiga bagai bunga musim semi, cahaya Firdaus di matanya, dengan fajar di wajahnya, air mata mengalir di matanya, jatuh bagai mutiara.

The Tsar looked and was amazed, and was wroth with the wicked sisters. He asked the fair maiden, “Where are your saucer and the crystal apple?”

Sang Tsar memandang dan tercengang, dan murka kepada kedua kakak yang jahat itu. Ia bertanya kepada gadis jelita itu, "Di mana nampanmu dan apel kristalmu?"

Then she took the little coffer out of her father’s hands, took out the apple and the saucer, and herself asked the Tsar, “What do you want to see, O Tsar my Emperor? Would you like to see your powerful cities, your valorous hosts, your ships on the sea, or the wonderful stars of the sky?” And she let the crystal apple roll about on the silver saucer, and on the saucer one after the other all the towns appeared in their shape; all the regiments with their banners and their arquebuses standing in warlike array, the leaders in front of the lines and the colonels in front of the platoons and the sergeants in front of their companies.

Maka gadis itu mengambil peti kecil dari tangan ayahnya, mengeluarkan apel dan nampan itu, dan sendiri bertanya kepada Tsar, "Apa yang Anda ingin lihat, wahai Tsar Kaisarku? Apakah Anda ingin melihat kota-kota Anda yang perkasa, pasukan-pasukan Anda yang gagah berani, kapal-kapal Anda di laut, atau bintang-bintang menakjubkan di langit?" Dan ia membiarkan apel kristal itu bergulir di atas nampan perak, dan di atas nampan itu satu demi satu semua kota muncul dalam wujudnya; semua resimen dengan panji-panji dan senapan mereka berdiri dalam barisan perang, para pemimpin di depan barisan dan para kolonel di depan peleton dan para sersan di depan pasukan mereka.

And the guns fired and the shots flew, and the smoke wreathed and writhed: it was all visible to the eye. Then again the apple rolled about on the saucer, the crystal on the silver, and the sea could be seen billowing on the shore, and the ships swimming like swans, flags flying, issuing from the stern, and the noise of guns and cannon-smoke arriving like wreaths, all visible to the eye.

Dan meriam-meriam menembak dan tembakan-tembakan beterbangan, dan asap berkelok-kelok dan bergulung: semuanya terlihat jelas oleh mata. Kemudian apel itu bergulir lagi di atas nampan, kristal di atas perak, dan laut dapat dilihat bergelombang di pantai, dan kapal-kapal berenang bagaikan angsa, bendera-bendera berkibar, muncul dari buritan, dan suara meriam serta asap meriam datang bagaikan gulungan awan, semuanya terlihat jelas oleh mata.

Then again the apple rolled on the saucer, the crystal on the silver, and the sky was red on the saucer, and little sun after little sun made its round, and the stars gathered on their dance. The Tsar was amazed at this wonder.

Kemudian apel itu bergulir lagi di atas nampan, kristal di atas perak, dan langit memerah di atas nampan, dan matahari kecil demi matahari kecil berputar mengitari, dan bintang-bintang berkumpul dalam tarian mereka. Sang Tsar tercengang oleh keajaiban ini.

But the fair maiden was lost in tears and fell down at the Tsar’s feet and begged for mercy, saying, “Tsar, your Majesty,” she said, “take my silver saucer and crystal apple if you will only forgive my sisters, and do not destroy them for my sake.”

Namun gadis jelita itu tenggelam dalam air mata dan jatuh di kaki Tsar serta memohon belas kasihan, sambil berkata, "Tsar, Yang Mulia," katanya, "ambillah nampan perak dan apel kristalku jika Anda mau memaafkan kakak-kakakku, dan jangan hancurkan mereka demi diriku."

And the Tsar was melted by her tears and pardoned them at her request. She for sheer joy shouted out and fell upon her sisters. The Tsar looked round, was amazed, took the fair maiden by the hand, said to her in a kindly voice, “I must for your goodness love your beauty: will you be my wife and the Tsarítsa of my fair realm?”

Dan Tsar pun luluh oleh air matanya dan mengampuni mereka atas permintaannya. Ia berteriak kegirangan dan merangkul kakak-kakaknya. Sang Tsar menoleh, tercengang, mengambil tangan gadis jelita itu, berkata kepadanya dengan suara lembut, "Aku harus mencintai kecantikanmu karena kebaikanmu: maukah kau menjadi istriku dan Tsarina di kerajaanku yang indah ini?"

“Tsar, your Majesty,” answered the fair maiden, “it is your imperial will, but it is the father’s will which is law amongst the daughters, and the blessing of their mother. If my father will, if my mother will bless me, I will.”

"Tsar, Yang Mulia," jawab gadis jelita itu, "itu kehendak kaisar Anda, tetapi kehendak ayahlah yang menjadi hukum di antara para putri, dan restu ibu mereka. Jika ayahku bersedia, jika ibuku merestuiku, aku bersedia."

Then the father bowed down to earth, and he sent for the mother, and the mother blessed her.

Maka sang ayah bersujud ke tanah, dan ia mengirim orang memanggil sang ibu, dan sang ibu pun merestuinya.

“Yet I have one word more for you,” said the fair maiden to the Tsar: “Do not separate my kin from me, let my mother and my father and my sisters remain with me.”

"Namun aku masih punya satu permintaan lagi untuk Anda," kata gadis jelita itu kepada Tsar: "Jangan pisahkan aku dari keluargaku, biarkan ibuku dan ayahku dan kakak-kakakku tetap bersamaku."

Then the sisters bowed down to her feet, and said, “We are not worthy!”

Maka kedua kakaknya bersujud ke kakinya, dan berkata, "Kami tidak layak!"

“It has all been forgotten, my beloved sisters,” she said to them; “ye are my kin, ye are not strangers. He who bears in mind an ill bygone has lost his sight.” And as she said this, she smiled and raised her sisters up.

"Semuanya telah dilupakan, adik-adikku tersayang," katanya kepada mereka; "kalian adalah keluargaku, kalian bukan orang asing. Siapa yang menyimpan dendam lama telah kehilangan pandangannya." Dan seraya berkata begitu, ia tersenyum dan mengangkat kakak-kakaknya berdiri.

And her sisters wept from sheer emotion, as the rivers flow, and would not rise from the ground.

Dan kakak-kakaknya menangis karena keharuan yang tulus, bagai sungai yang mengalir, dan tidak mau bangkit dari tanah.

Then the Tsar bade them rise and looked on them kindly, bidding them remain in the city.

Kemudian Tsar menyuruh mereka bangkit dan memandang mereka dengan lembut, meminta mereka untuk tinggal di kota itu.

There was a feast in the palace: the front steps glittered and glowed as though with flame, like the sun enwreathed in his beams. The Tsar and the Tsarítsa sat on a chariot, and the earth trembled, and the people ran up crying out, “Long live the Tsar and Tsarítsa!”

Ada sebuah pesta di istana: tangga depan berkilauan dan bersinar seolah-olah diselimuti api, seperti matahari yang berlingkar dalam sinarnya sendiri. Sang Tsar dan sang Tsarina duduk di sebuah kereta, dan bumi bergetar, dan rakyat berlari sambil berseru, "Hiduplah Tsar dan Tsarina!" </content>