OLD STORIES Meaning of Happiness ("BAHAGIA")

Once upon a time (all old stories begin like that), and in a country a long way off, there was a King who was very ill. All the doctors of the court attended him but, in spite of all they could do, he got worse instead of better. 

At last in despair they called in a famous doctor from another country. He came, looked at The King, and then, looking very grave, said, "Your Majesty, there is only one thing that can cure you."

"What is that ?" said The King. "Whatever you want shall be brought for you." 

"You must sleep for one night, " said the doctor, "In the shirt of a happy man !"

So The King sent two of his chief servants to find a happy man and, when they had found him, to bring back his shirt. Well, they went first to the richest man in the city, and asked him if he was a happy man. "Happy!" he said, "When I never know whether my ships are going to be wrecked next day, when thieves are always trying to break into my house. How can a man be happy with all these worries?". So they went to The King's Chief Minister, the most powerful man in the country, except for The King. "Are you a happy man? " they said. "Don't be silly," he said. "There's Ruritania threatening to make war on us any day. There's that villain Popoff trying to push me out of power, The Workers are always wanting to have more money, and The Wealthy wanting to pay less taxes. How do you think a Chief Minister can be a happy man?".

So they went all over the country looking high and low for a happy man but never finding one. They were returning home, tired and miserable (for they quite expected that The King would have them put to death for not finding what he wanted), when they saw a beggar, sitting by the roadside. He had made a little fire, and was frying some sausages in a frying-pan, and singing merrily as he watched his supper cooking. They looked at each other. Had they found what they were looking for? They went up to him and one of them said, "You sound very happy, my friend." "Of course, I'm happy," he said. They could hardly believe their ears. With one voice they said, "We want your shirt." The beggar roared with laughter. "I'm sorry, gentlemen," he said, "But I haven't got a shirt." 

Story telling origin from : C.E. Eckersley. 1967. Essential English for Foreign Students Book Three. Sofia: Foreign Languages Press.

Translation : 

Pada suatu ketika (semua cerita lama dimulai seperti itu), dan di negara yang sangat jauh, ada seorang Raja yang sedang sakit parah. Semua dokter kerajaan menemui dia tapi, meskipun semua telah mereka lakukan, ia semakin memburuk bukannya lebih baik. 

Akhirnya setelah putus asa mereka panggil seorang dokter terkenal dari negara lain. Dia datang, melihat Raja, dan kemudian, tampak sangat serius, berkata, "Yang Mulia, hanya ada satu hal yang dapat menyembuhkan Anda.""Apa itu?" kata Sang Raja. "Apa pun yang Anda inginkan akan diberikan untuk Anda." "Anda harus tidur untuk satu malam," kata dokter, "Di pakaian/baju seorang pria bahagia!"

Maka Raja mengirim dua pegawai utamanya untuk menemukan seorang pria bahagia dan, ketika mereka telah menemukannya, untuk kembali membawa beserta kemejanya. Lalu, mereka pergi pertama-tama menemui orang terkaya di kota, dan bertanya apakah dia adalah orang bahagia. "Happy(Bahagia)!" katanya, "Ketika saya tidak pernah tahu apakah kapal saya akan hancur keesokan harinya, ketika pencuri selalu mencoba masuk ke rumah saya. Bagaimana orang bisa bahagia dengan semua kekhawatiran ini?." Kemudian mereka pergi menemui Perdana Menteri Kerajaan, orang yang paling berkuasa di negeri ini, setelah Raja. "Apakah Anda seorang pria bahagia?" Kata mereka. "Jangan konyol," katanya. "Ada Negara 'Ruritania' mengancam untuk berperang pada kita setiap hari. Ada lagi kelompok teroris 'Popoff' selalu mencoba untuk menjatuhkan saya dari kekuasaan, Para Pekerja selalu ingin mendapatkan lebih banyak uang, dan Kelompok Orang Kaya yang ingin membayar pajak lebih sedikit. Bagaimana menurut Anda seorang Perdana Menteri bisa menjadi orang yang bahagia? ".

Merekapun pergi ke seluruh negeri mencari dari tempat tertinggi dan terendah untuk seorang pria bahagia tetapi tetap saja tidak pernah menemukan satupun. Merekapun berjalan pulang kembali menuju kerajaan, lelah dan sengsara (karena mereka sangat yakin bahwa Raja bisa menghukum mati mereka karena tidak berhasil menemukan apa yang diinginkan Raja), ketika itu pula mereka melihat seorang pengemis, duduk di pinggir jalan. Dia sedang membuat api kecil, dan menggoreng beberapa sosis dalam wajan, dan bernyanyi riang sambil memasak makan malamnya. Mereka saling memandang. Apakah mereka menemukan apa yang mereka cari? Mereka pergi menemui dia dan salah satu dari mereka berkata, "Anda terdengar sangat bahagia, sahabatku." "Tentu saja, saya bahagia," katanya. Mereka hampir tidak bisa mempercayai telinga mereka. Dengan satu suara mereka berkata, "Kami ingin baju Anda." Pengemis itupun tertawa terbahak-bahak. "Maaf, Tuan-tuan," katanya, "Tapi saya tidak punya baju."