CH. VII.] 



Malayan Literature. 



141 



Passages extracted from a Ro- 

 mance, CONTAINING THE ADVEN- 

 TURES OF Indra Laksana, Ma- 



HADEWA, AND DEWA INDRA. 



" The prince then smiling (at 

 the defiance sent by the enemy) 

 went to soothe the affliction of his 

 wife, and addressed her thus : ' O 

 my love, thou who art to me the 

 soul of my body, farewell ! If per- 

 chance it should be thy husband's 

 doom to fall (in the approaching 

 battle), wilt thou cherish the me- 

 mory of him with some degree of 

 fond concern ? Wilt thou wrap 

 him in the scarf that binds thy 

 waist 1 Wilt thou bathe his corpse 

 with thy tears pure as the dew 

 that hangs at the extremity of the 

 grass ? Wilt thou bestrew it with 

 the flowers which now adorn the 

 folds of thy hair / ' The princess 

 upon this wept the more abun- 

 dantly, and embraced the neck of 

 Indra Laksana, her arm enfolding 

 it as the muskscented epidendrum 

 entwines the angsuha tree (Pavetta 

 indica). Such was the picture 

 she exhibited, whilst Indra wiped 

 away the tears from her eyes." 



p&ngutib sagala remae deri- 

 pada hikayat indra laksana, 

 dan Indra Mahadewa dan 

 Dewa Indra. 



" Maka baginda pun tursiinyum 

 sfiraya piirgi mumbujok istrinya 

 itu, katanya, ' adoh adinda ting- 

 gallah tuan nyawa dan badan ka- 

 kiinda, jikalau kakunda mati kulak, 

 maka tuan kunangkanlah kasih 

 sayaug kakiinda yang sudikit itu, 

 dan tuan slimutilah kakiinda dun- 

 gan kain yang dipinggang tuan 

 itu, dan tuan mandikanlah mayat 

 kakiinda diingan ayer mata tuan 

 yang sa'purti iimbon yang dihujong 

 rumpot juga adanya. Dan tabori- 

 lah mayat kakunda diingan bunga 

 yang dalam sangol tuan itu.' Maka 

 tuan putri ituponmakin sangatalah 

 iya miinangis siiraya nriimulok leher 

 Indra Laksana. Adapun tangan 

 tuan putri miimulok itu sapiirti 

 gadong kasturi yang mulilit pohon 

 angsuka itu dihnkianlah rupanya, 

 maka siigralah disapunya ulih In- 

 dra Laksana ayer matanya tuan 

 putri itu." 



" Upon the arrival of Indra Ma- 

 hadewa at the palace, he seated 

 himself by the side of the princess 

 (his bride) and said to her, smiling, 

 'My love, my soul, what manner 

 is it your intention to dispose of 

 yourself, as I am obliged to proceed 

 in the search of my brother ? If it 

 be your design to accompany me, 

 you should lose no time in giving 

 orders for the necessary prepara- 



" Adapun Indra Mahadewa sut- 

 lali iya datang kamahligie itu, 

 maka lain iya dudok diikat tuan 

 putri suraya tursunyum katanya, 

 ' ya adinda tuan nyawa kakunda, 

 apatah bichari tuan skarang ini, 

 kiirna kakunda ini akan purgi 

 munchari saudara kakunda? Dan 

 jikalau tuan akan piii'gi bOrsama 

 sama diingan kakunda, maka baik- 

 lah tuan munyurohkan orang bur- 



