CH. VII.] 



Malayan Literature. 



141 



Passages extracted fkom a Ro- 

 mance, CONTAINING THE ADVEN- 

 TITKES 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 hJTn with some degree of 

 fond concern? Wilt thou wrap 

 him in the scarf that binds thy 

 waist ? 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 Lahsana, her arm enfolding 

 it as the muskscented epidendrum 

 entwines the angsuTta tree (Pavetta 

 indica). Such was the picture 

 she exhibited, whilst Indra wiped 

 away the tears from her eyes." 



PUNGUTIB SAGALA REMAH DERI- 

 PADA HIKAYAT InDRA LAKSANA, 



. DAN Indra Mahadewa dan 

 Dewa Indra. 



" Maka baginda pun tursunyum 

 suraya piirgi mtimbujok istrinya 

 itu, katanya, 'adoh adinda ting- 

 gallah tuan nyawa dan badan ka- 

 kunda, jikalau kakiinda mati kulak, 

 maka tuan kunangkanlah kasih 

 sayang kakiinda yang sudikit itu, 

 dan tuan slimutUah kakSnda dun- 

 gan kain yang dipinggang tuan 

 itu, dan tuan mandikaiilah mayat 

 kakunda dungan ayer mata tuan 

 yang sa'purti umbon yang dihujong 

 rumpot juga adanya. Dan tabori- 

 lah mayat kakunda dungan bunga 

 yang dalamsangol tuan itu.' Maka 

 tuan putri itupon makin sangatalah 

 iyamunangis suraya mumiilok leher 

 Indra Laksana. Adapun tangan 

 tuan putri mumiilok itu sapiirti 

 gadong kasturi yang miiUlit pohon 

 angsuka itu diimkianlah rupanya, 

 maka siigralah disapunya ri\\h In- 

 dra Laksana ayer matanya tuan 

 putri itu." 



" Upon the arrival of Indra Ma- 

 Tmdema 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 1 If it 

 be your design to accompany me, 

 you should lose no time in giving 

 orders for the necessary prepara- 



" Adapun Indra Mahadewa siit- 

 lah iya datang kamahbgie itu, 

 maka lalu iya dudok diikat tuan 

 ptitri siiraya tfirstinyum katanya, 

 ' ya adinda tuan nyawa kakiinda, 

 apatah biohari tuan skarang ini, 

 kiima kakiinda ini akan purgi 

 munohari saudara kakiinda? Dan 

 ^kalau tuan akan piorgi biirsama 

 sama diingan kakiinda, maka baik- 

 lah tuan miinyurohkan orang biir- 



