Si Kuda Hitam

Black Beauty

Si Hitam Jelita

Part I

Bagian I

01 My Early Home

01 Rumah Masa Kecilku

The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.

Tempat pertama yang masih kuingat dengan baik adalah sebuah padang rumput yang luas dan menyenangkan dengan sebuah kolam berair bening di dalamnya.

Some shady trees leaned over it,

Beberapa pohon rindang menjorok di atasnya,

and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.

dan rumput gelagah serta bunga lili air tumbuh di bagian yang paling dalam.

Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field,

Di seberang pagar tanaman pada satu sisi, kami memandang ke sebuah ladang yang telah dibajak,

and on the other we looked over a gate at our master’s house,

dan pada sisi lain kami memandang melewati sebuah gerbang ke rumah tuan kami,

which stood by the roadside;

yang berdiri di tepi jalan;

at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees,

di ujung atas padang itu ada serumpun pohon cemara,

and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.

dan di ujung bawahnya sebuah anak sungai yang mengalir, ditudungi tebing yang terjal.

While I was young I lived upon my mother’s milk,

Semasa kecil aku hidup dari susu ibuku,

as I could not eat grass.

sebab aku belum bisa makan rumput.

In the daytime I ran by her side,

Di siang hari aku berlari di sisinya,

and at night I lay down close by her.

dan di malam hari aku berbaring rapat di dekatnya.

When it was hot we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees,

Bila udara panas, kami biasa berdiri di tepi kolam di bawah naungan pepohonan,

and when it was cold we had a nice warm shed near the grove.

dan bila dingin, kami punya sebuah kandang yang hangat dan nyaman di dekat rumpun cemara itu.

As soon as I was old enough to eat grass my mother used to go out to work in the daytime,

Begitu aku cukup besar untuk makan rumput, ibuku mulai pergi bekerja di siang hari,

and come back in the evening.

dan kembali pada petang.

There were six young colts in the meadow besides me;

Selain aku, ada enam anak kuda di padang itu;

they were older than I was;

mereka lebih tua daripada aku;

some were nearly as large as grown-up horses.

beberapa di antaranya hampir sebesar kuda dewasa.

I used to run with them,

Aku biasa berlari bersama mereka,

and had great fun;

dan itu sangat menyenangkan;

we used to gallop all together round and round the field as hard as we could go.

kami biasa berlari kencang bersama-sama berputar-putar mengelilingi padang sekuat tenaga kami.

Sometimes we had rather rough play,

Kadang-kadang permainan kami agak kasar,

for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.

sebab mereka sering menggigit dan menendang selain berlari kencang.