10. 



Words of the Da-Eng 459 



The flower of the Ana-an plays with you. 

 Plays, plays, it plays. 



II. 

 The young leaves of the coconut wave. 

 Wave, wave, they wave. 

 The leaves of the aba are not alike. 

 Alike, alike, are not alike. 

 The leaves of the nonang turn back and forth. 

 Back and forth, back and forth, turn back and forth. 

 The leaves of the lamay quake. 

 Quake, quake, they quake. 

 The leaves of the bangon arise(?). 

 Arise, arise, they arise. 

 The leaves of the rattan cut and twist. 

 Twist, twist, cut, and twist. 

 The leaves of the oling rustle and rattle. 

 Rattle, rattle, rustle and rattle. 

 The leaves of the bakan fall before time. 

 Fall, fall, fall before time. 



The leaves of the anis (a low shrub) are not clean. 

 Clean, clean, not clean. 



III. 

 You play Mr. bat who fly by night. 

 Night, night, fly by night. 

 You play grasshopper whose back is concave. 

 Concave, concave, whose back is concave. 

 You play Bang-nga-an who shines like gold by the trail. 

 By the trail, by the trail, shines like gold by the trail. 

 You play onombek who hiccoughs. 

 Hiccough, hiccough, who hiccoughs. 



You play dove who falls. * 



Falls, falls, who falls. 

 You play lagadan (a bird) who flees(?). 

 Flees, flees, who flees. 



You play balgasi (?) who mourns for the dead. 

 Mourns, mourns, mourns for the dead. 



IV. 

 Betel-nut of the west which grows up like the gourd. 

 Grows up, grows up like the gourd. 

 Betel-nut of Balasibis which smiles when it is cut. (Literally — is cut and 



smiles.) 

 It smiles, it smiles, is cut, and smiles. 



Betel-nut of Malapay which chuckles (like a woman) when it is cut. 

 Chuckles, chuckles, is cut, and chuckles. 



Betel-nut of Malosak which laughs (like a man) when it is cut. 

 Laughs, laughs, is cut, and laughs. 

 Betel-nut of Tomo which climbs and grows. 

 Grows, grows, climbs, and grows. 



