ASAL MULA POHON ENAU

Dahulu kala ada suami dan istri yang tinggal di satu desa di Tanah Karo. Mereka hidup bahagia
karena hampir tidak ada perselisihan di antara mereka. Hidup mereka yang rendah hati hidup
dengan sabar sehingga perasaan mereka selalu tenang dan damai.

Kebahagiaan pasangan suami istri meningkat saat mereka mendapatkan anak laki-laki. Karena
menurut adat, anak laki-laki adalah anak yang akan melanjutkan keturunannya di masa depan.
Sesuai dengan ketentuan adat, mereka harus mengadakan upacara menabur anak. Nama
untuknya adalah Tare Iluh.

Saat Tare Iluh berumur satu tahun, ibunya hamil lagi. Orang tua Tare Iluh mengharapkan Tare
Iluh untuk mendapatkan adik perempuannya. Saat ibu dari Tare Iluh melahirkan, ternyata
harapan mereka terjawab. Ibu dari Tare Iluh melahirkan seorang anak perempuan, yang
kemudian bernama Beru Sibou. Tentu orang tua Tare Iluh merasa hidupnya lebih bahagia karena
telah mendapatkan sepasang anak.

Tak lama kemudian, kebahagiaan keluarga Tare Iluh tiba-tiba lenyap, karena tak disangka ayah
dari Tare Iluh meninggal dunia. Setelah ayah Tare Iluh meninggal, ibunya terpaksa bekerja keras
setiap hari untuk mencari makanan untuk kedua anaknya. Karena terlalu lelah untuk bekerja, ibu
Tare Iluh jatuh sakit. Seminggu kemudian ibu dari Tare Iluh meninggal dunia. Setelah kedua
orang tua mereka meninggal, Tare Iluh dan adiknya Beru Sibou dibesarkan oleh kerabat dekat
orang tua mereka. Keadaan anak yatim membuat Tare Iluh dan saudaranya Beru Sibou saling
mencintai.

Saat si Tare Iluh sudah tumbuh menjadi pemuda maka pergilah ia mengembara. Sebelum
meninggalkan dia berjanji kepada adiknya Beru Sibou bahwa dia akan kembali tak lama setelah
menghasilkan banyak uang.

Setelah saudaranya pergi, si Beru Sibou merasa kehilangan segalanya dan hatinya sedih. Karena
sejak kecil mereka juga tak pernah berpisah satu hari. Si Beru Sibou berharap saudaranya Tare
Iluh cepat kembali setelah berhasil mengumpulkan uang di luar negeri.

Harapan Berib Sibou hanyalah harapan yang sia-sia saja. Karena apa yang dilakukan kakaknya
Tare Iluh adalah berjudi saat mendapat uang. Karena itu, dia tak pernah berhasil mengumpulkan
uang. Padahal, uang yang telah terkumpul segera habis karena ia selalu berjudi judi kalah.
Namun, ia terus berjudi, karena ia berharap suatu saat nanti ia akan menang banyak. Akhirnya
hutang judinya ditumpuk dan dia tidak bisa beraninya. Karena si Tare Iluh tidak bisa membayar
hutangnya, maka dia diletakkan di suatu tempat. Karena itu, si Tare Iluh tak bisa kembali lagi
bertemu saudaranya Beru Sibou yang setiap hari menantikan kedatangannya dengan perasaan
sedih.

Sudah terlalu lama si Tare Iluh tidak kembali, jadi Beru Sibou pergi mencarinya meski dia tidak
tahu dimana adiknya berada. Ketika Beru Sibou berjalan melalui hutan untuk menemukan
saudaranya, dia bertemu dengan seorang pria yang bertanya ke mana Beru Sibou pergi. Dia
mengatakan bahwa dia sedang mencari saudaranya bernama Tare Iluh yang sudah lama pergi ke
luar negeri. Tapi dia tidak tahu dimana adiknya berada.

Kemudian pria tersebut mengatakan kepada Beru Sibou bahwa dia pernah mendengar cerita
seseorang tentang seorang pemuda bernama Tare Iluh. Menurut cerita pria tersebut, Tare Iluh
suka berjudi tapi tidak pernah menang. Akhirnya dia dikurung karena tidak bisa membayar
hutang judinya. Tapi pria itu juga tidak tahu dimana Tare Iluh dikurung.

Mendengar cerita tentang pria itu, Beru Sibou terisak-isak. Karena kasihan melihat dia, pria
tersebut menyarankan agar Beru Sibou memanjat pohon tinggi. Saat sampai di puncak ia
bernyanyi untuk memanggil saudaranya si Tare Iluh. Siapa tahu panggilan si Beru Sibou akan
didengar oleh saudaranya.

Setelah pria itu lewat, si Beru Sibou memanjat pohon kayu tinggi. Setelah sampai di puncak,
bernyanyi si Beru Sibou sambil menangis memanggil saudaranya si Tare Iluh. Ia juga
menyanyikan kata-kata yang memohon agar Tare Iluh dibebaskan dari yang lain. Selanjutnya,
saat bernyanyi dan menangis, Beru Sibou menghimbau kepada Yang Mahakuasa bahwa semua
hutang saudara kandungnya atas Tare Iluh dapat diselesaikan dengan air mata, dengan rambut
dan anggota badannya. Karena itulah yang bisa dia berikan untuk membayar hutang kakaknya.
Si Beru Sibou juga memohon agar orang lain bisa menggunakan air matanya, rambutnya dan
semua tungkainya demi mereka.

Tak lama setelah si Beru Sibou selesai mengucapkan permohonannya itu sambil menangis,
menjelmalah dia menjadi pohon enau. Dengan begitu maka air matanya menjelma menjadi nira
enau, rambutnya menjelma menjadi ijuk dan seluruh anggota tubuhnya menjelma menjadi bagian
dari pohon enau. Semuanya itu dapat dimanfaatkan orang sesuai dengan permohonan si Beru
Sibou.

Di kemudian hari pohon enau yang merupakan penjelmaan si Beru Sibou dapat disadap orang
untuk diambil niranya yang merupakan penjelmaan air mata si Beru Sibou. Ijuk enau yang
merupakanpenjelmaan dari rambut si Beru Sibou juga diambil orang untuk dimanfaatkan untuk
berbagai keperluan. Begitu juga bagian-bagian lain yang merupakan penjelmaan dari anggota
tubuh si Beru Sibou dapat dimanfaatkan orang untuk berbagai keperluan.

Karena diyakini bahwa pohon enau adalah penjelmaan dari si Beru Sibou maka pada masa
dahulu di Tanah Karo terdapat kebiasaan untuk menyanyikan pohon enau pada waktu
menyadapnya untuk mendapatkan nira.

Selesai.
 THE ORIGIN OF TREASURES

Once upon a time there was a husband and wife who lived in one village in Tanah Karo. They
live happily because there is almost no dispute between them. Their humble lives live with
patience so that their feelings are always at ease and peaceful.

The happiness of a married couple increases when they get a son. Because according to custom,
boys are children who will continue their offspring in the future.

In accordance with the customary provisions, they must hold a ceremony to sow the child. The
name for him is Tare Iluh.

When Tare Iluh is one year old, his mother is pregnant again. Parents of Tare Iluh expects Tare
Iluh to get a younger sister. When the mother of the Tare Iluh gave birth, it turned out their hopes
were answered. The mother of Tare Iluh gave birth to a daughter, who was later named Beru
Sibou. Of course the parents of Tare Iluh feel his life is happier because it has obtained a pair of
children.

Not long afterwards, the happiness of Tare Iluh's family suddenly disappeared, because
unexpectedly the father of Tare Iluh passed away. After Tare Iluh's father passed away, his
mother was forced to work hard every day to find food for his two children. Being too tired to
work, Tare Iluh's mother fell ill. A week later the mother of Tare Iluh passed away. After both of
their parents died, the Tare Iluh and his younger brother Beru Sibou were raised by their parents'
close relatives. The state of the orphan made Tare Iluh and his brother Beru Sibou more loving
each other.

When the Tare Iluh has grown into a youth then go he wander. Before leaving he promised his
younger brother Beru Sibou that he would return shortly after making a fortune.

After his brother left, the Beru Sibou felt he lost everything and his heart was sad. Because since
childhood they never separated one day too. Si Beru Sibou hopes that his brother Tare Iluh
quickly returned after successfully collecting money overseas.

Berib Sibou's hopes are just hopeless hopes. Because what his older brother Tare Iluh was doing
was gambling when he got the money. Therefore, he never managed to raise money. In fact, the
money that has been collected soon runs out because he always gambles gambling lose.
However, he continues to gamble, because he hopes one day he will win a lot. Finally his
gambling debts were piled up and he could not banyar. Because the Tare Iluh can not pay his
debts, then he is put in a place. Therefore, the Tare Iluh can no longer return to meet his brother
Beru Sibou who every day waiting for his arrival with feelings of sadness.
For too long the Tare Iluh did not come back, so Beru Sibou went looking for him even though
he did not know where his sister was. When the Beru Sibou walks through the woods to find his
brother, he meets a man who asks where the Beru Sibou is going. He said that he was looking for
his brother named Tare Iluh who had long gone abroad. But he did not know where his sister
was.

Then the man told the Beru Sibou that he had heard someone's story about a young man named
Tare Iluh. According to the story of the man, Tare Iluh likes to gamble but never win. Finally he
was locked up for not being able to pay his gambling debts. But the man also did not know
where the Tare Iluh was locked up.

Hearing the story of the man the Beru Sibou sobbed. Out of pity to see him, the man suggested
that Beru Sibou climbed a tall tree. When he reached the top he sang to call his brother the Tare
Iluh. Who knows the call the Beru Sibou will be heard by his brother.

After the man passed, the Beru Sibou climbed up a tall wooden tree. After reaching the peak,
sing the Beru Sibou while crying calling his brother the Tare Iluh. He also sang the words that
begged the Tare Iluh to be released from the rest. Furthermore, while singing and crying the Beru
Sibou appealed to the Almighty that all his siblings' debts of Tare Iluh could be settled with tears,
with his hair and with his limbs. Because that's what he can give to pay his sister's debt. Si Beru
Sibou also begged that others could use his tears, his hair and all his limbs for their sake.

Shortly after the Beru Sibou finished uttering his crying cry, he transformed into an enau tree.
With so the tears of his eyes transformed into nira enau, his hair transformed into fibers and all
members of his body transformed into part of the tree enau. Everything that can be utilized in
accordance with the request of Beru Sibou.

In the future the enau tree which is the incarnation of Beru Sibou can be tapped to take the
niranya which is the incarnation of the tears of Beru Sibou. Ijuk enau which is the embodiment
of the hair of Beru Sibou also taken people to be utilized for various purposes. So also the other
parts that are the incarnation of the members of Beru Sibou's body can be utilized for various
purposes.

Because it is believed that the enau tree is the incarnation of the Beru Sibou then in the old days
in Tanah Karo there is a habit to sing the enau tree at the time tapped to get sap.

Done.
 Teks Cerita Kancil dan Buaya
Mouse Deer and Crocodile

One day, Mouse Deer went down to the river to take a drink. But he knew that the crocodile
might be waiting underwater to eat him, so he said out loud. I wonder if the waters warm. Ill
put in my leg and find out. Of course Mouse Deer didnt put in his leg. He picked up a stick
instead and put one end into the water. Chomp! Crocodile grabbed the stick and pulled it
underwater. Mouse Deer laughed. Ha haha Stupid crocodile! Cant you tell the difference
between a stick and a leg? Then Mouse Deer ran off to drink somewhere else.

In the next day, Mouse Deer wanted to cross the river. He wanted to eat the fruits on the other
side of the river. He saw a floating log in the river. He knew that Crocodile looked like a log
when he floated. Mouse Deer didnt want to be eaten by Crocodile when he crosses the river. He
had an idea. He called out loud, Crocodile! Crocodile rose from the water, Hello, Mouse
Deer. Have you come to be my lunch? Mouse Deer smiled. Sorry, not today, Crocodile. I have
orders from the King. He wants to invite all the crocodiles in this river to a party. He wants me to
count all the crocodiles so he could prepare enough meal for you.

Really? Tell us what to do, said Crocodile. You must line up from this side of the river to
the other side, said Mouse Deer. Crocodile then got all his friends and family. They lined up
across the river. Mouse Deer then jumped onto Crocodiles back. One, he counted. He jumped
onto the next crocodile, Two. And the next crocodile, Three. Mouse Deer kept jumping until
he arrived on the other side of the river. How many are there? asked Crocodile. Just enough,
said Mouse Deer. He laughed as he ran to the forest.***

Terjemahan Cerita Kancil dan Buaya dalam Bahasa Inggris

Suatu hari, Kancil pergi ke sungai untuk minum. Tapi ia tahu bahwa buaya mungkin menunggu
didalam air untuk memakannya, jadi dia berteriak keras-keras. Aku ingin tahu apakah air
hangat. Aku akan memasukkan kaki saya ke dalam air dan mencari tahu. Tentu saja Kancil
memasukkan kakinya. Dia mengambil tongkat dan memasukkan satu ujung ke dalam air. Chomp
! Buaya menyambar tongkat dan menariknya ke bawah air. Kancil tertawa. Ha ha ha
buaya bodoh! Tidak bisakah membedakan antara tongkat dan kaki? Lalu Kancil lari untuk
minum di tempat lain.
Pada hari berikutnya, Kancil ingin menyeberang sungai. Dia ingin makan buah-buahan di sisi
lain sungai. Dia melihat batang kayu mengambang di sungai. Dia tahu bahwa Buaya tampak
seperti kayu mengambang ketika ia mengambang. Kancil tidak mau dimakan oleh buaya ketika
ia melintasi sungai. Dia punya ide. Ia berseru keras, Buaya! Buaya terangkat dari air, Halo,
Kancil. Apakah kamu datang untuk menjadi makan siang saya? Kancil tersenyum. Maaf, tidak
hari ini, Buaya. Saya mendapat perintah dari Raja. Dia ingin mengajak seluruh buaya di sungai
ini ke pesta. Dia ingin aku menghitung semua buaya sehingga ia bisa mempersiapkan cukup
makanan untuk kamu.

Sunggu? Beritahu kami apa yang harus dilakukan, kata Buaya. kamu harus berbaris dari
sisi sungai ke sisi lain, kata Kancil. Buaya kemudian memanggil semua teman-temannya dan
keluarganya. Mereka berbaris di seberang sungai. Kancil lalu melompat ke punggung buaya.
Satu, ia menghitung. Dia melompat ke buaya berikutnya, Dua. Dan buaya berikutnya,
Tiga. Kancil terus melompat sampai ia tiba di sisi lain sungai. Berapa banyak? Tanya Buaya.
Cukup, kata Kancil. Dia tertawa sambil berlari ke hutan. *