1920. ] R. O. WINSTEDT: Rice Ceremontes. I19g 
Mani ka-sini / Chukup sie tala / 
Aku’nak panggil ’mu mari / 
15. Hat stmangat, anak-ku, M ee Chahaya ! 
Mari-lah, énchek !/ Mari, tajok! Mari, sunting! Mart, 
Aku ’nak sambui’ mu natk ka- So es istana, 
Ka-atas tilam pérhiasan pérmadan 
Hai s¢mangat anak-ku, Ma core righ, ! 
20. Mart-lah,’chek! ’Nak sambut. 
: Jangan-lah kasehkan indong péngasoh-mu ! 
Hai sabun puteh ! sabun hitam! hig hijau! sabun 
biru! saban ungu / sisir sa-btia 
Chahaya jin shaitan stsir sa-bélah | , 
Chahaya yang sa-bénar chahaya anak-ku.”’ 
“‘My soul, my child, Princess Splendid! : 
I sent you to your mother for six months, to receive 
you growing tall in the seventh month. 
The time is fulfilled, and I receive you. 
I told you to sail to the sea which is black, the sea 
which is green, the sea which is blue and the sea 
which is purple, 
To the land of Rome, to India, China and Siam. 
Now I would welcome you up into a palace hall. 
To a broidered mat and carpet. 
I would summon nurses and follow 
sec and soldiers and court dustathties for your 
serv 
I cole ‘assemble horses and elephants, ducks and 
geese, buffaloes and goats and sheep with all their 
din. 
Come, for all is ready! 
I would call you hither 
My soul, my child, Prinsess Splendid 
Come, my crown and my ater ae of my delight ! 
I welcome you up toa ae 
To a broidered mat and c 
My soul, my child, SS ecicand: 
Come! a would welcome you! 
Forget your nurses 
White and black and green and blue and purple get ye 
aside! 
Brightness of genie and devil begone 
The real brightness is the brightness of my child.” 
After the recital of this invocation the soul of the rice 
ete padi) will come in the form of a grasshopper or 
insect with the sound of a breeze. If the rice-soul 
ae to appear after sch invocation, lines 15-21 should be 
repeated thrice, whereupon the rice- e-soul is sure to appear, 
The Pawang holds his ‘ie closes his teeth, cuts the ears 
