Ayah Pergi Tukang bengkel Bung. Ada. mana?, Bung! He? Apa kabar, kak? Bagus. Kenapa?... Ada kerusakan? Ah, tidak... Hmm, ibu baik? Baek. Alhamdulillah. Baru tadi kami membicarakanmu. Umur panjang. [tertawa] [menghela napas] Ada apa, Dan? Saya terima telepon barusan dari Pak Agus. Orang Lampung itu. Oh ya, Pak Agus! Menelponmu? Kata Pak Agus, ayah kita ada di rumahnya sekarang. Katanya sakit-sakitan. Lalu? Katanya beliau ingin kembali ke tengah keluarga. Page 1 of 5
Buat apa? Bagaimana sih kak ini sebenarnya? Alah. Sudahlah. Tidak usah dipikirkan. Nanti, Kak. Ayah kita kan sudah lama meninggal. Ya. Keluarga kita menganggap orang itu sudah lama tidak ada. Kau sendiri sejak kecil sudah dengar.... Dia tidak perlu kembali.... Biar aku yang bereskan ini.... Salam buat Sri. Saya sudah terima telepon dari Pak Agus... tadi... tentang adanya ayah saya. Benar dia ayah saya? Ya, kenapa? kira kami keliru kenal? Pak Sulaiman ayahmu itu temen sepermainan Pak Agus waktu kanak-kanak di Lampung dulu. Kalau ke manamana selalu sama-sama. Cuma nasib yang kemudian memisahkan kita. Yah... Pak Agus cuma bisanya jadi pegawai saja sedangkan ayahmu pandai dagang. Dagang? Dagang apa, Bu? Oh iya, kau masih kecil ya waktu itu? Di rumah tidak ada yang cerita-cerita? Saya cuma tahu ayah sudah lama meninggal. Waktu kalian masih di Lampung dulu, ayahmu membawa hasil bumi dari sana ke Jakarta. Dari sini membawa dagangan perabot rumah tangga ke sana. Pak Agus pernah juga diajak coba-coba ikut usaha. Yah dasar tidak ada bakat... sedangkan ayahmu usahanya maju. Sampai dua tiga truk sekali angkut dari Lampung. Lalu bagaimana, Bu? Yah itulah... Tentunya sendiri sudah pernah dengar. Kak tidak mau menerima ayah kembali. Watak Kak memang keras. sendiri bagaimana? Apa bisa menampungnya di rumahmu dulu? Ehh... Saya harus tanya istri saya dulu, Bu. Eh, saya permisi dulu, Bu. Nanti saya kembali. Sekalian bisa ketemu dengan ayah. Page 2 of 5
Translation Tukang bengkel. is here. What?,! He? How are you? Good. What s up?... Anything broken? Oh, no... Hmm, how s mom doing? Thanks goodness, she s fine. We just talked about you. [laughs] [takes a deep breath] What is the matter,? Mr Agus just called. The man from Lampung. Oh yes, Mr Agus! He called you? He said, our father is in his house. He said, he s sick. So what? He says, he wants to return to his family. What for? What s wrong with you? Who cares? Forget it. Nothing to worry about. Wait a minute,. Our father has been dead for long. Our family considers him non-existent. Since you were small you heard it: He doesn t need to come back.... Let me finish this up.... Say hello to Sri. Page 3 of 5
Mr. Agus called me... today... about my father. Is he really my father? Yes, of course? Do you think I am wrong when I say I know him? Mr. Sulaiman, your father, was a playmate of my husband when both were small children. They lived in Lampung then. They were inseparable. Only fate that later separated us. Yes... my husband only became an employee whereas your father was a skillful trader. A trader? What did he trade in, Ma am? Oh, yes, you were still small then. At home, nobody told you? I only knew that my father died a long time ago. When you lived in Lampung, your father brought produce from Lampung to Jakarta, and from here he took furniture to Lampung. He once invited my husband to join in his business. Well, he had no talent... whereas your father s business thrived. There were always two or three trucks that departed from Lampung. What happened then, Ma am? Well, that s how it went... You certainly have already heard it. doesn t want our father to return. He can be quite hardheaded. What about you? Could you take him at your house? Hmm... I have to ask my wide first. I m sorry, I have to go, Ma am. I ll come back later. And then I can meet my father. Daftar Kata mana (Coll) rusak, ke-an baek (Jkt) alhamdulillah Umur panjang = yang mana damage =baik Praise to God! cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alhamdulillah (also panjang umur) you will have a long live (this phrase is uttered when a person who was just mentioned in a conversation, suddenly appears) Page 4 of 5
barusan (Jkt) sakit-sakitan beliau buat (Coll) alah sudahlah just now to have complication of illnesses or to be ill continuously honorific title for bapak or ibu =untuk oh, come on now! who cares? My! (exlamation of exasperation) never mind, forget it keliru kenal temen (Jkt) main, seper-an kanak-kanak nasib pegawai dagang (Col.) cerita cerita-cerita (Coll) hasil bumi dagang,-an perabot rumah tangga ajak, mengusaha (Coll) dasar bakat usaha maju angkut (Col.) watak keras tampung, mensekalian ketemu (Coll) to be mistaken to recognize, be acquainted with, know someone =teman teman ~, playmate, childhood friend small children fate employee = berdagang, to trade story =bercerita-cerita, to tell a story crops commodities, traded goods furniture household to invite someone to join in an activity =berusaha, to engage in business congenital nature, character (Dasar perempuan! Typical female!) talent business operation progressive, advanced, developed = mengangkut to transport character hard to accommodate, to provide accommodation for someone at the same time =bertemu Page 5 of 5