Toward dusk in a tropical lagoon, a

Toward dusk in a tropical lagoon, a white man arrives by boat at the hut of Arsat, a Malayan whom he had befriended years earlier. Arsat greets him at the doorway with an anxious, fearful look and asks the white man, whom he calls “Tuan,” if he has brought some medicine. Tuan asks who is sick, and Arsat brings him to the bedside of Diamelen, his woman. She has been stricken with fever and is seriously ill. Fearful that she will die, Arsat and Tuan keep watch by the fire outside the hut. As night arrives, plunging the lagoon into an unquiet darkness, Arsat begins to tell the white man the tale of how he and Diamelen came together, a story of love and betrayal.

Arsat and his brother were brave young warriors, sword bearers to the ruler, Si-Dendring. By chance Arsat met Diamelen one day, and from then on he could “see nothing but one face, hear nothing but one voice.” By day he waited on the path to see her, and by night he crept along the hedges of the women’s courtyard to steal a glance at her. Often they would whisper longingly to each other in the leafy shadows.

However, Diamelen was forbidden fruit, the wife, or concubine, of Inchi-Midah, a noble chief. Nevertheless, Arsat longed for her all the more, and she for him. Baring his heart to his brother, Arsat was at first advised to wait. Patience, his brother told him, was wisdom. However, as time passed, Arsat grew gloomy, and his warrior blood impatient.

One night, the...

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Menjelang senja di Laguna tropis, seorang pria kulit putih tiba dengan perahu di hut Arsat, Malayan siapa ia telah berteman dengan tahun sebelumnya. Arsat menyambut dia di pintu dengan cemas, takut melihat dan meminta orang kulit putih, yang ia sebut "Tuan", jika ia telah membawa beberapa obat. Tuan bertanya siapa sakit, dan Arsat membawa dia ke samping tempat tidur Diamelen, wanita nya. Dia telah terserang demam dan sakit parah. Takut bahwa ia akan mati, Arsat dan Tuan berjaga-jagalah oleh api di luar pondok. Ketika malam tiba, Laguna terjun ke dalam kegelapan unquiet, Arsat dimulai untuk menceritakan kisah tentang bagaimana dia dan Diamelen datang bersama-sama, sebuah cerita tentang cinta dan pengkhianatan orang kulit putih.Arsat dan saudaranya adalah prajurit muda yang berani, pembawa pedang untuk penguasa, Si-Dendring. Kebetulan Arsat bertemu Diamelen satu hari, dan selanjutnya ia bisa "melihat apa-apa kecuali satu wajah, mendengar apa-apa kecuali satu suara." Hari dia menunggu di jalan untuk melihat dia, dan malam dia merangkak sepanjang hedges women's halaman untuk mencuri melirik padanya. Sering mereka akan berbisik penuh kerinduan kepada satu sama lain dalam bayang-bayang berdaun.Namun, Diamelen adalah buah terlarang, istri atau selir, Inchi-Midah, kepala yang mulia. Namun demikian, Arsat menantikannya semua lebih, dan dia baginya. Baring hatinya kepada saudaranya, Arsat pada pertama yang disarankan untuk menunggu. Kesabaran, saudaranya kepadanya adalah hikmat. Namun, seiring waktu berlalu, Arsat tumbuh suram, dan darahNya prajurit tidak sabar.One night, the...