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mon in the peninsula of Malayu, but are now repre- 

 sented as less frequently exhibited. The subjects of 

 the Malayu dramas are the same as those of their 

 Jiistories and romances, from which, like the dra- 

 matic compositions of the Siamese and Chinese, they 

 only differ in assuming the form of dialogue and 

 soliloquy, the progress of the incidents being gene- 

 rally the same. 



The following specimens of the Malayu Pantiin 

 and Sayer will exhibit the measure of the verse and 

 the style of the composition. The first Pantiin is a 

 challenge to engage in a poetical contest. The rest 

 exhibit the pecuhar images introduced, and the man- 

 ner of presenting them in the Pantiin. 



Tuan bulu, saya tumiang 

 Marileh kita berkiler taji 

 Tuan sapulu, saya sumbilan 

 Marileh kita bersindir nyani. 



You are a bamboo and I am but a slender twig; 

 Yet come on, let us sharpen ouY weapons : 

 You are as ten, and I am only as nine; 

 Yet come, let us contend- in ironical verse. ' 



Boah dilama ber pangsu pangsu 

 Samajuga bijinya merah 

 ' Jatigan tuan berpilis bangsu 

 Samajuga darariya merah. 



The portiegranate has many partitions, 



Bijt the seed is equally red in them all : 



Dp not give an undue preference to a race of men, 



For the blood is equally red in them all. . 



Boah mamplum der'i Patani ••' ' 



Masa sabiji de kulum rusa 



