SAMPEK ENGTAY

5 s/d 25 Juni 1997

SINOPSIS

Dengan berbagai cara Engtay berhasil meyakinkan kedua orangtuanya bahwa sekolah itu baik bagi dirinya. Akhitnya, gadis itu pun diizinkan pergi ke Betawi demi menuntut ilmu. Meski untuk itu ia harus menyamar menjadi seorang pemuda. Di tengah perjalanan Engtay berkenalan dengan Sampek. Pemuda itu juga berniat pergi ke sekolah yang sama. Atas inisiatif Engtay, mereka berdua kemudian sepakat saling mengikat saudara.
Di asrama, Engtay ditempatkan dalam satu kamar dengan Sampek. Rupanya penyamaran Engtay sangat berhasil. Tidak seorang pun menyangka, bahkan juga Sampek, bahwa Engtay adalah perempuan.

Asmara tumbuh. Dan akhirnya Engtay mengaku kepada Sampek mengenai keadaan diri yang sebenarnya. Cinta bermula tumbuh lantaran Engtay geregetan terhadap kejujuran – yang disebutnya sebagai kebodohan – lelaki muda itu. Ternyata, selama hampir setahun, Sampek tetap tidak mengira bahwa selama ini ia tidur satu ranjang dengan seorang gadis. Ia lebih suka menekuni buku-buku pelajaran daripada plesiran.

Tapi Sampek tidak beruntung. Cintanya membentur tembok takdir. Tepat pada saat ia menyatakan siap mencinta, Engtay dipanggil pulang. Si gadis akan dinikahkan dengn Macun, anak seorang kaya dari Rangkasbitung. Sampek pun merana. Dan sakit cinta menyebabkan ia mati. Tapi sampai mati, ia tetap berharap suati saat Engtay sudi menziarahi kuburannya.

Macun memboyong Engtay ke kampungnya dengan tandu pengantin. Di tengah jalan, Engtay memohon agar rombongan berhenti sejenak di makam Sampek. Ia ingin sembahyang di kuburan itu. Dasar jodoh. Ketika upacara sembahyang usai, kubur Sampek mendadak terbuka. Lalu dengan penuh cinta, Engtay melompat ke dalam kubur. Ia menyatu dengan jasad sang kekasih.

Macun marah besar. Ia membongkar kuburan. Tapi di dalam liang lahat, tak terdapat jasad Sampek maupun Engtay. Hanya ada dua batu biru dan dua tawon kuning. Kubur digali lebih dalam lagi. Tiada apa-apa lagi. Cuma sepasang kupu-kupu, mengepakkan sayap-sayapnya yang indah, melayang terbang menuju ke langit.

Lalu berjuta kupu-kupu muncul di mana-mana memenuhi langit. Menutup cahaya matahari, memayungi bumi, meneduhkan hati. Semua tekesima.

SYNOPSIS

After a lot of persuasion, Engtay managed to convice both her parents school is good for her. At last, the girl was permitted to go to Betawi for higher education. Although, for that she must disguise as a man. Along the way, Engtay met Sampek. The young man wanted to go to the same scholl also. Upon Engtay’s initiative, the two of them agreed to be sworn brothers.

At the dormitory, Engtay was put in the same room with Sampek. Apparently, Engtay’s disguise was very succesful. No one ever thought, not even Sampek that Engtay was actually a girl.

Love blooms, finally Engtay confessed to Sampek the truth about her real identity. Love starts to exists due Engtay’s irritation of the young man’s honesty – which she calls stupidity – it turns out. For nearly a year, Sampek still couldn’t guess that all that time she was sleeping in one bed with a girl. He prefers studying books than having fun.

But Sampek was unlucky. His love crashes the wall of fate. Just at the time he was about to tell his love, Engtay was called home. The girl  was going to be mariied to Macun, a son of a wealthy man from Rangkasbitung. Sampek started to waste away. The love sick caused his death. Sampek’s body was then buried, but until death, he still hoped someday Engtay would visit his grave.

Macun brought Engtay to his village with a sedan chair. In the middle of the road, Engtay pleased for the group to stop for a while at Sampek’s grave. She wanted to pray at the grave. When she was praying, suddenly the grave opened up. Full of love, Engtay leaped into it. She became one with her love.

Macun was furious. He dug up the grave. But in it, neither Sampek’s nor Engtays body was discovered. There were only two blue stone and two yellow hornets. When the grave was dug deeper, what whoed up were a couple of butterflies, that flapped their beautiful wings, flying straight to the sky.

Then millions of butterflies filled the skies, covering the sun’s light, draping over the earth, warming the heart. Every one was amazed.