A Horseman in the Sky -- Penunggang Kuda di Langit
by Ambrose Bierce
"A Horseman in the Sky" menyoroti dampak destruktif perang terhadap satu keluarga. Tokoh utamanya adalah seorang pemuda Virginian, bernama Carter Druse, yang memutuskan untuk berjuang demi Union, mengkhianati negaranya. Dia mene...
by Ambrose Bierce
--Translated : Timur Wardana--
--Source: http://americanliterature.com/author/ambrose-bierce/short-story/a-horseman-in-the-sky --
I I
One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year Di suatu petang yang cerah dimusim gugur tahun
1861 a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the 1861, seorang prajurit berbaring diatas rerumputan
side of a road in western Virginia. He lay at full tanaman laurel di pinggir jalan di Virginia barat. Ia
length upon his stomach, his feet resting upon membaringkan tubuhnya dengan posisi telungkup,
the toes, his head upon the left forearm. His kakinya diletakkan di atas jari-jari kakinya,
extended right hand loosely grasped his rifle. But sementara kepalanya berada di atas lengan kirinya.
for the somewhat methodical disposition of his Terlihat tangan kanannya yang sedang
limbs and a slight rhythmic movement of the menggenggam senapannya dengan santai. Meskipun
cartridge-box at the back of his belt he might terlihat jelas posisi badannya yang sedikit metodis
have been thought to be dead. He was asleep at dan Gerakan seirama dengan selongsong peluru
his post of duty. But if detected he would be dibalik ikat pinggangnya, ia mungkin dikira sudah
dead shortly afterward, death being the just and mati. Ia tertidur ketika sedang bertugas. Tetapi jika
legal penalty of his crime. diketahui ia sudah mati sesaat sebelumnya,
kematian menjadi hukuman adil dan setimpal atas
kejahatannya.
The clump of laurel in which the criminal lay Sekumpulan rumput laurel di mana para terpidana
was in the angle of a road which after ascending tergeletak di sudut jalan yang terletak setelah
southward a steep acclivity to that point turned mendaki kearah selatan yang terlihat sebuah
sharply to the west, running along the summit for tanjakan yang curam pada titiknya berbelok tajam
perhaps one hundred yards. There it turned ke arah barat, yang membentang sepanjang
, southward again and went zigzagging downward tanjakan itu yang mungkin berjarak sekitar seratus
through the forest. At the salient of that second kaki. Setelah berbelok ke selatan sekali lagi dan
angle was a large flat rock, jutting out northward, menuruni secara zig-zag melintasi hutan. Tepat
overlooking the deep valley from which the road dititik puncak tikungan kedua terdapat sebuah batu
ascended. The rock capped a high cliff; a stone cadas yang besar, menjorok ke arah utara,
dropped from its outer edge would have fallen menghadap ke lembah yang dalam dari mana jalan
sheer downward one thousand feet to the tops of itu naik. Batu tersebut menutup tebing yang tinggi;
the pines. The angle where the soldier lay was on sebuah batu yang dijatuhkan dari tepi luarnya akan
another spur of the same cliff. Had he been jatuh ke bawah sejauh seribu kaki ke puncak
awake he would have commanded a view, not pepohonan pinus. Batu cadas tersebut menutup
only of the short arm of the road and the jutting tebing yang tinggi; sebuah batu yang dijatuhkan
rock, but of the entire profile of the cliff below it. dari tepi luarnya akan jatuh ke bawah sejauh seribu
It might well have made him giddy to look. kaki ke puncak pepohonan pinus. Tempat prajurit itu
berbaring berada di sudut lain dari tebing yang
sama. Seandainya ia terjaga, ia akan mendapatkan
pemandangan, tidak hanya bagian bahu jalan dan
batu cadas yang menjorok, tetapi juga seluruh
permukaan tebing di bawahnya. Hal ini mungkin
saja akan membuatnya merasa pusing saat
melihatnya.
The country was wooded everywhere except at Wilayah yang ditutupi pepohonan di mana-mana
the bottom of the valley to the northward, where kecuali di dasar lembah di sebelah utara, di mana
there was a small natural meadow, through terbentang hamparan rumput yang alami, sepanjang
which flowed a stream scarcely visible from the aliran sungai yang hampir tidak terihat dari bibir
valley's rim. This open ground looked hardly lembah. Dataran terbuka ini terlihat sedikit lebih
larger than an ordinary door-yard, but was really besar dari ukuran pekarangan rumah biasa, tetapi
several acres in extent. Its green was more vivid sebenarnya luasnya mencapai beberapa hektar.
than that of the inclosing forest. Away beyond it Warna hijaunya lebih mencolok dibandingkan area
rose a line of giant cliffs similar to those upon hutan di sekelilingnya. Jauh di depannya, menjulang
which we are supposed to stand in our survey of sederetan tebing raksasa yang menyerupai seperti
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