182 ON THE I.ANGU AGES AND LTTlRATUllE 



Tuan Islam saya Nasrahi ' 

 Sama sartia'nian&ngung c)usa. 



Of all thfe'McTrtgoes of PatiAi 



A ripe yne is' but a' mouthful to a stag; "' 

 yjii) < Ybu are'a Mdsleiii aria I am a Christian, 

 1 . a (> ) g^j.^,U' jj^yg{ eaiialW bear our own faults'.' 



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Batang padi jangan de rurut ' ' 



Kaiu de rurut rusa batangiiya 



HilTjnucTajangaii'd^ turdt' '''; 'if 



■ Kalu^eturdt'nisi'b^dilt^L ' ~ ' \/ 



Shkke not the riv;e .stalk, ,(; ( .. > 



If you shake it thb stalL fs ruinicd ; ^ 



Do not yiejd tdy.oiiftiful inclaitation, .;; .- j > ■ 



If you yield your person is ruined* 



Siri kuning deri Patani 

 Pinang muda deri Maldka 

 Puti kuning ana'k Nasrani 

 Itu membawa badin chilaka. 



The yellow tjetelleafipfi^fdfflm. 

 The fresh betel-nut of Malaccdi 

 A white yellp w christian , d^iitse'* 

 Bring a person to total ruin. 



The following passage of the Selhnharl is given as 

 a specimen of the Saijer verse, in which ihQ .Malay 

 romances and moral poems are generally composed. 

 In both measure' and style they ekliibit con- 

 siderable rescmblaiice to the ancient Engtim and 

 French romances; there is little variety of jD^use or 

 accent, and the Uhe consists indifferently of eight or 

 nine syllables, one long syllable being reckohed equi- 

 valent to two short. 



