How the Whale Got His Throat

In the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth—so!

DI laut, pada zaman dahulu, wahai Kesayanganku, hiduplah seekor Paus, dan ia memakan ikan-ikan. Ia memakan bintang laut dan ikan gar, dan kepiting serta ikan sebelah, dan ikan lidah serta ikan dace, dan ikan pari beserta pasangannya, dan ikan makarel serta ikan pike muda, dan belut yang benar-benar berputar-putar melingkar-lingkar. Semua ikan yang bisa ia temukan di seluruh lautan, ia makan dengan mulutnya—begitu saja!

Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small ‘Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale’s right ear, so as to be out of harm’s way. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and said, ‘I’m hungry.’ And the small ‘Stute Fish said in a small ‘stute voice, ‘Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?’

Sampai akhirnya hanya tersisa satu ikan kecil di seluruh lautan, dan ia adalah seekor Ikan Cerdik kecil, dan ia berenang sedikit di belakang telinga kanan sang Paus, supaya aman dari bahaya. Kemudian sang Paus berdiri di atas ekornya dan berkata, "Aku lapar." Dan si Ikan Cerdik kecil berkata dengan suara kecil yang cerdik, "Wahai Cetacea yang mulia dan pemurah, pernahkah Anda mencicipi Manusia?"

‘No,’ said the Whale. ‘What is it like?’

"Belum," kata sang Paus. "Seperti apa rasanya?"

‘Nice,’ said the small ‘Stute Fish. ‘Nice but nubbly.’

"Enak," kata si Ikan Cerdik kecil. "Enak tapi agak berbonjol-bonjol."

‘Then fetch me some,’ said the Whale, and he made the sea froth up with his tail.

"Kalau begitu ambilkan aku beberapa," kata sang Paus, dan ia membuat laut berbuih dengan ekornya.

‘One at a time is enough,’ said the ‘Stute Fish. ‘If you swim to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West (that is magic), you will find, sitting on a raft, in the middle of the sea, with nothing on but a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must not forget the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, one ship-wrecked Mariner, who, it is only fair to tell you, is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.’

"Satu saja sudah cukup," kata si Ikan Cerdik. "Jika Anda berenang ke garis lintang Lima Puluh Utara, garis bujur Empat Puluh Barat (itu ajaib), Anda akan menemukan, duduk di atas sebuah rakit, di tengah lautan, tanpa mengenakan apa pun kecuali sepasang celana kanvas biru, sepasang tali suspender (jangan sampai lupa tali suspendernya, Kesayanganku), dan sebilah pisau lipat, seorang Pelaut korban kapal karam, yang, sebaiknya dikatakan dengan jujur kepadamu, adalah seorang pria yang penuh akal-dan-kebijaksanaan."

So the Whale swam and swam to latitude Fifty North, longitude Forty West, as fast as he could swim, and on a raft, in the middle of the sea, with nothing to wear except a pair of blue canvas breeches, a pair of suspenders (you must particularly remember the suspenders, Best Beloved), and a jack-knife, he found one single, solitary shipwrecked Mariner, trailing his toes in the water. (He had his mummy’s leave to paddle, or else he would never have done it, because he was a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.)

Maka sang Paus berenang dan berenang menuju garis lintang Lima Puluh Utara, garis bujur Empat Puluh Barat, secepat yang ia bisa, dan di atas sebuah rakit, di tengah lautan, tanpa mengenakan apa pun kecuali sepasang celana kanvas biru, sepasang tali suspender (Anda harus benar-benar mengingat tali suspendernya, Kesayanganku), dan sebilah pisau lipat, ia menemukan seorang Pelaut korban kapal karam yang sendirian, sedang mencelupkan jari-jari kakinya di dalam air. (Ia sudah mendapat izin ibunya untuk berenang-renang, kalau tidak ia tidak akan pernah melakukannya, sebab ia adalah seorang pria yang penuh akal-dan-kebijaksanaan.)

Then the Whale opened his mouth back and back and back till it nearly touched his tail, and he swallowed the shipwrecked Mariner, and the raft he was sitting on, and his blue canvas breeches, and the suspenders (which you must not forget), and the jack-knife—He swallowed them all down into his warm, dark, inside cup-boards, and then he smacked his lips—so, and turned round three times on his tail.

Kemudian sang Paus membuka mulutnya lebar dan lebar dan lebih lebar lagi hampir menyentuh ekornya sendiri, dan ia menelan Pelaut korban kapal karam itu, beserta rakit tempat ia duduk, dan celana kanvas birunya, dan tali suspendernya (yang jangan sampai Anda lupakan), serta pisau lipatnya—Ia menelan semuanya masuk ke dalam lemari-lemari hangat dan gelap di dalam perutnya, lalu ia mengecap-ngecap bibirnya—begitu, dan berputar tiga kali di atas ekornya.

But as soon as the Mariner, who was a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity, found himself truly inside the Whale’s warm, dark, inside cup-boards, he stumped and he jumped and he thumped and he bumped, and he pranced and he danced, and he banged and he clanged, and he hit and he bit, and he leaped and he creeped, and he prowled and he howled, and he hopped and he dropped, and he cried and he sighed, and he crawled and he bawled, and he stepped and he lepped, and he danced hornpipes where he shouldn’t, and the Whale felt most unhappy indeed. (Have you forgotten the suspenders?)

Namun begitu Pelaut itu, yang adalah seorang pria penuh akal-dan-kebijaksanaan, mendapati dirinya benar-benar berada di dalam lemari-lemari hangat dan gelap di perut sang Paus, ia menghentak-hentak dan melompat-lompat dan menggedor-gedor dan membentur-bentur, dan ia berjingkrak-jingkrak serta menari-nari, dan ia menggedebuk dan berdentang, dan ia memukul dan menggigit, dan ia melompat dan merayap, dan ia mengendap-endap serta melolong, dan ia melompat-lompat serta terjatuh, dan ia menangis serta mendesah, dan ia merangkak serta meraung, dan ia melangkah serta melompat-lompat, dan ia menari tarian riang di tempat yang seharusnya tidak boleh, dan sang Paus merasa sangat tidak nyaman sekali. (Sudahkah Anda melupakan tali suspendernya?)

So he said to the ‘Stute Fish, ‘This man is very nubbly, and besides he is making me hiccough. What shall I do?’

Maka ia berkata kepada si Ikan Cerdik, "Manusia ini sangat berbonjol-bonjol, dan selain itu ia membuatku cegukan. Apa yang harus kulakukan?"

‘Tell him to come out,’ said the ‘Stute Fish.

"Suruh ia keluar," kata si Ikan Cerdik.

So the Whale called down his own throat to the shipwrecked Mariner, ‘Come out and behave yourself. I’ve got the hiccoughs.’

Maka sang Paus berseru ke dalam kerongkongannya sendiri kepada Pelaut korban kapal karam itu, "Keluarlah dan bersikap baik. Aku jadi cegukan."

‘Nay, nay!’ said the Mariner. ‘Not so, but far otherwise. Take me to my natal-shore and the white-cliffs-of-Albion, and I’ll think about it.’ And he began to dance more than ever.

"Tidak, tidak!" kata sang Pelaut. "Bukan begitu, justru sebaliknya. Bawalah aku ke pantai kelahiranku dan tebing-tebing putih Albion, lalu aku akan memikirkannya." Dan ia mulai menari lebih hebat lagi dari sebelumnya.

‘You had better take him home,’ said the ‘Stute Fish to the Whale. ‘I ought to have warned you that he is a man of infinite-resource-and-sagacity.’

"Sebaiknya kau bawa ia pulang," kata si Ikan Cerdik kepada sang Paus. "Seharusnya aku memperingatkanmu bahwa ia adalah seorang pria yang penuh akal-dan-kebijaksanaan."

So the Whale swam and swam and swam, with both flippers and his tail, as hard as he could for the hiccoughs; and at last he saw the Mariner’s natal-shore and the white-cliffs-of-Albion, and he rushed half-way up the beach, and opened his mouth wide and wide and wide, and said, ‘Change here for Winchester, Ashuelot, Nashua, Keene, and stations on the Fitchburg Road;’ and just as he said ‘Fitch’ the Mariner walked out of his mouth.

Maka sang Paus berenang dan berenang dan berenang, dengan kedua siripnya dan ekornya, sekeras yang ia bisa karena cegukan itu; dan akhirnya ia melihat pantai kelahiran sang Pelaut serta tebing-tebing putih Albion, dan ia menerjang setengah jalan naik ke pantai, dan membuka mulutnya lebar dan lebar dan lebih lebar lagi, serta berkata, "Ganti kereta di sini menuju Winchester, Ashuelot, Nashua, Keene, dan stasiun-stasiun di jalur Fitchburg;" dan tepat ketika ia mengucapkan "Fitch" sang Pelaut berjalan keluar dari mulutnya.

But while the Whale had been swimming, the Mariner, who was indeed a person of infinite-resource-and-sagacity, had taken his jack-knife and cut up the raft into a little square grating all running criss-cross, and he had tied it firm with his suspenders (now, you know why you were not to forget the suspenders!), and he dragged that grating good and tight into the Whale’s throat, and there it stuck! Then he recited the following Sloka, which, as you have not heard it, I will now proceed to relate—

Namun selagi sang Paus sedang berenang, sang Pelaut, yang memang benar-benar seorang pribadi penuh akal-dan-kebijaksanaan, telah mengambil pisau lipatnya dan memotong-motong rakit itu menjadi sebuah kisi-kisi kotak kecil yang saling menyilang, dan ia telah mengikatnya erat dengan tali suspendernya (nah, sekarang Anda tahu mengapa Anda diminta untuk tidak melupakan tali suspendernya!), dan ia menyeret kisi-kisi itu masuk dengan kencang dan erat ke dalam kerongkongan sang Paus, dan di sanalah ia tersangkut! Kemudian ia membacakan Sloka berikut ini, yang, karena Anda belum pernah mendengarnya, akan saya sampaikan sekarang—

By means of a grating I have stopped your ating.

Dengan sebuah kisi-kisi Kuhentikan santapmu kini.

For the Mariner he was also an Hi-ber-ni-an. And he stepped out on the shingle, and went home to his mother, who had given him leave to trail his toes in the water; and he married and lived happily ever afterward. So did the Whale. But from that day on, the grating in his throat, which he could neither cough up nor swallow down, prevented him eating anything except very, very small fish; and that is the reason why whales nowadays never eat men or boys or little girls.

Sebab sang Pelaut itu juga seorang Hi-ber-ni-an. Dan ia melangkah keluar ke atas kerikil pantai, dan pulang ke rumah ibunya, yang telah memberinya izin untuk mencelupkan jari-jari kakinya di air; dan ia menikah serta hidup bahagia selamanya sesudah itu. Begitu pula sang Paus. Namun sejak hari itu, kisi-kisi di kerongkongannya, yang tidak bisa ia batukkan keluar maupun ia telan masuk, membuatnya tidak bisa memakan apa pun kecuali ikan-ikan yang sangat, sangat kecil; dan itulah sebabnya mengapa paus-paus zaman sekarang tidak pernah lagi memakan pria atau anak lelaki atau anak-anak perempuan kecil.

The small ‘Stute Fish went and hid himself in the mud under the Door-sills of the Equator. He was afraid that the Whale might be angry with him.

Si Ikan Cerdik kecil pergi dan bersembunyi di dalam lumpur di bawah Ambang Pintu Khatulistiwa. Ia takut kalau-kalau sang Paus akan marah kepadanya.

The Sailor took the jack-knife home. He was wearing the blue canvas breeches when he walked out on the shingle. The suspenders were left behind, you see, to tie the grating with; and that is the end of that tale.

Sang Pelaut membawa pisau lipat itu pulang. Ia mengenakan celana kanvas biru itu ketika ia berjalan keluar ke atas kerikil pantai. Tali suspendernya ditinggalkan, seperti yang Anda lihat, untuk mengikat kisi-kisi itu; dan itulah akhir dari kisah itu.

When the cabin port-holes are dark and green Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the soup-tureen, And the trunks begin to slide; When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap, And Mummy tells you to let her sleep, And you aren’t waked or washed or dressed, Why, then you will know (if you haven’t guessed) You’re ‘Fifty North and Forty West!’

KETIKA jendela bundar kabin gelap dan kehijauan Karena lautan di luar sana; Ketika kapal terguncang wop (dengan sedikit goyangan di antaranya) Dan pelayan kapal terjatuh ke dalam mangkuk sup, Dan koper-koper mulai tergelincir; Ketika Pengasuh berbaring di lantai jadi setumpuk, Dan Bunda menyuruhmu membiarkannya tidur, Dan kau tidak dibangunkan atau dimandikan atau didandani, Nah, kalau begitu kau akan tahu (kalau kau belum menebaknya) Kau sedang berada di 'Lima Puluh Utara dan Empat Puluh Barat!'