Sipiso Somalim

Folklor dari Sumatera Utara

DAHULU kala, ada sebuah kerajaan di Sumatera Utara. Rakyat hidup bahagia.
Tanahnya subur dan tempat itu aman. Raja memiliki saudara. Namanya Siboru
Sandebona. Dia menikah dengan seorang raja dari kerajaan tetangga.
Siboru Sandebona hamil. Pada saat bulan kesembilan kehamilannya, tidak ada
tanda-tanda bahwa bayi akan lahir.
Raja bertanya penasihat. Dia mengatakan kepada raja bahwa bayi akan menjadi
orang besar. Ketika ia tumbuh dewasa, ia akan memiliki kekuatan gaib yang besar.
Dia bisa mengendalikan hewan dengan mudah!
Akhirnya, bayi laki-laki pun lahir. Siboru Sandebona dan suaminya menamainya
Sipiso Somalim. Semua orang bahagia. bayi itu lucu dan sangat sehat.
Meskipun Sipiso Somalim adalah seorang pangeran, dia tidak sombong. Dia sopan
dan sangat baik untuk orang lain. Ia juga suka membantu. Dia bersedia untuk
bekerja di sawah. Dia memiliki seekor lembu yang selalu menemaninya membajak
sawah. lembu begitu dijinakkan ke Sipiso Somalim.
Dengan kekuasaannya, ia bisa mengendalikan sapi.
Kemudian, Sipiso Somalim tumbuh dewasa. Dia jatuh cinta kepada seorang putri
dari kerajaan lain. Sipiso Somalim mengatakan kepada orang tuanya bahwa dia
akan melamar sang putri. Mereka setuju dan meminta seorang prajurit bernama
Sipakpakhumal untuk menemani sang pangeran.
Tidak ada yang tahu bahwa Sipakpakhumal juga cinta dengan sang putri. Dia begitu
cantik dan Sipakpakhumal juga ingin menikahinya. Sipakpakhumal telah berpikir
bagaimana dia bisa menikahi sang putri.
Dia akhirnya mendapat ide ketika Sipiso Somalim mengatakan kepadanya bahwa ia
ingin mandi di danau. Hari begitu panas dan mereka memutuskan untuk
beristirahat.
Ketika Sipiso Somalim berenang, Sipakpakhumal mengambil semua barang-barang
Sipiso Somalimls, pakaian dan pedang. Sipakpakhumal mengenakan pakaian Sipiso
Somalim dan pedang Sipiso Somalim. Ketika ia selesai berenang, Sipiso Somilim

terkejut melihat bahwa Sipakpakhumal mengenakan pakaiannya. Dia tidak bisa

menemukan pedangnya.
"Apa yang sedang terjadi disini?" tanya Sipiso Somalim
"Mulai sekarang aku Sipiso Somalim dan Kau adalah Sipakpakhumal. Apakah Kau
mengerti?"
Sipiso Somalim tahu bahwa penjaga itu merencanakan sesuatu yang buruk. Dia
hanya tidak tahu apa rencana itu. Jadi dia hanya bekerja sama dengan baik dan
bertindak sebagai penjaga.
Ketika mereka tiba, Sipiso Somalim palsu mengatakan kepada raja bahwa ia ingin
menikahi putrinya. Sang Putri mencuriga. Dia pernah mendengar bahwa Sipiso
Somalim tampan dan kuat.
"Kenapa dia begitu berbeda dari apa yang saya dengar?" tanya sang putri lembut
kepada ayahnya.
Sang ayah juga merasa bahwa ada sesuatu yang salah. Jadi dia mengatakan kepada
Sipiso Somalim bahwa palsu bahwa mereka perlu waktu untuk memutuskan. Dia
membiarkan Sipiso Somalim palsu dan 'pengawal' nyauntuk tinggal di istana.
Selama mereka tinggal di istana, palsu Sipiso Somalim memperlakukan
'Sipakpakhumal' seperti pembantu. Dia juga mengatakan 'Sipakpakhumal' untuk
membajak sawah raja.
Suatu hari, sang putri melihat bagaimana 'Sipakpakhumal' sedang membajak
ladang. Dia tidak melakukan apa-apa, ia hanya duduk dan bermain seruling saat
sapi membajak ladang.
Sang putri mengatakan raja tenteng 'Sipakpakhumat '. Raja akhirnya menyadari
masalahnya. Dia telah mendengar bahwa sebenarnya Sipiso Somalim memiliki
kekuatan untuk mengendalikan hewan. Jadi dia meminta Sipiso Somalim palsu
untuk membajak sawah dengan sapi, tapi ia tidak diizinkan untuk berada di dekat
lembu. Sipiso Somalim palsu tidak bisa melakukannya.
Raja marah. Dia mengancam Sipiso Somalim palsu untuk mengatakan yang
sebenarnya, kalau tidak, ia akan dikirim ke penjara. Sipiso Somalim palsu sangat
ketakutan. Dia mengatakan kepada raja bahwa ia bukanlah seorang pangeran,
namun 'pengawal' nya lah pangeran Sipiso Somalim yang asli.
Ketika raja tahu hal yang sebenarnya, ia menggelar pesta pernikahan. Sipiso
Somalim dan sang putri akhirnya menikah. Mereka hidup bahagia selamanya. ***

English version

ONCE upon a time, there was a kingdom in North Sumatra. The people lived happily.
The land was fertile and the place was safe. The king had a sister. Her name was
Siboru Sandebona. She married to a king from a neighboring kingdom.
Siboru Sandebona was pregnant. It was the ninth month of her pregnancy but there
was no signs that the baby would be born.
The king asked his advisor. He told the king that the baby would be a great man.
When he grew up, he would have a great supernatural power. He could control
animals easily!
Finally, the baby boy was born. Siboru Sandebona and her husband named him
Sipiso Somalim. Everybody was happy. The baby was cute and very healthy.
Although Sipiso Somalim was a prince, he was not arrogant. He was polite and very
kind to others. He was also helpful. He was willing to work in the rice fields. He had
an ox that always accompanied him plowing the field. The ox was so tamed to
Sipiso Somalim.
With his power, he could control the ox.
Then, Sipiso Somalim grew up. He was in love with a princess from another
kingdom. Sipiso Somalim told his parents that he would propose the princess. They
agreed and asked a soldier named Sipakpakhumal to accompany the prince.
Nobody knew that Sipakpakhumal was also in love with the princess. She was so
beautiful and Sipakpakhumal also wanted to marry her. Sipakpakhumal had been
thinking how he could marry the princess.
He finally got an idea when Sipiso Somalim told him that he wanted to take a bath
in a lake. It was so hot and they decided to get some rest.
When Sipiso Somalim was swimming, Sipakpakhumal took all Sipiso Somalimls
belongings, the clothes and the sword. Sipakpakhumal wore Sipiso Somalim's
clothes and kept Sipiso Somalim's swords. When he finished swimming, Sipiso
Somilim was surprised to see that Sipakpakhumal was wearing his clothes. He could
not find his sword either.
"What's happening here?" asked Sipiso Somalim
"From now on I'm Sipiso Somalim and you are Sipakpakhumal. Do you understand?'
Sipiso Somalim knew that his guard was planning something bad. He just did not
know what the plan was. So he just cooperated nicely and acted as a guard.
When they arrived, the fake Sipiso Somalim told the king that he wanted to marry
his daughter. The princess was suspicious. She had heard that Sipiso Somalim was
handsome and strong.

"Why is he so different from what I heard?" asked the princess softly to his father.
The father also felt that there was something wrong. So he told the fake Sipiso
Somalim that they needed time to decide. He let the fake Sipiso Somalim and his
'guard' to stay in the palace.
During their stay in the palace, the fake Sipiso Somalim treated 'Sipakpakhumal' like
a servant. He also told 'Sipakpakhumal' to plow the king's rice fields.
One day, the princess saw how 'Sipakpakhumal' was plowing the fields. He did not
do anything, he was just sitting and playing flute while the ox was plowing the field.
The princess told the king about'sipakpakhumat'. The king finally realized the
problem. He had heard that the real Sipiso Somalim had power to control animals.
So he asked the fake Sipiso Somalim to plow the field with an ox, but he was not
allowed to be near the ox. The fake Sipiso Somalim could not do it.
The king was angry. He threatened the fake Sipiso Somalim to tell him the truth,
otherwise he would be sent to jail. The fake Sipiso Somalim was so scared. He told
the king that he was not a prince, his 'guard' was the real Sipiso Somalim.
When the king knew the truth, he held a wedding party. Sipiso Somalim and the
princess finally got married. They lived happily ever after. ***