R. O. Winstept: Rice Ceremonies. 123 
I charm a lovely maid, 
A maid of fair countenance 
The support and prop of the = S peace 
Hurt not nor harm her fair spirit 
Come! Thou and I are one ets and blood and 
being ! 
When the fourth month is past, thou shalt return. 
Linger not by men’s homesteads 
Linger not in men’s courtyards ! 
Linger not at feast of harvesters, 
Nor by the tall rushes that grow in the swamp. 
Come, my soul! Come! 
This is the charm of Langkesa. 
Fail not to grow up; 
F know whereof thou wast made; 
Of after-birth thou wast created.” 
Planting out the Rice-Plants. 
This is the invocation :— 
Hai Langkesa! Langkesi / 
Din bérémpat, bérlima déngan kami / 
Jangan di-rosak di-binasakan anak kami / 
Jikalau di-rosak, bérubah sétia via kamt, 
Di-makan btsi kawi- lah éngkau 
Di-timpa daulat Pagar Ruyon 
Di-timpa Kuran pet: puloh eat éngkau. 
Kabulkan Allah 
** Spirits of the field! 
Ye are four; counting me we are five. 
Hurt not nor harm my child. 
Break faith and ye shall be stricken 
By the iron that is sacred, 
By the majesty of Pagar Ruyong, 
By the thirty chapters of the Koran! 
God fulfil my curse !’”’ 
This is the invocation used with the rice-paste :— 
Tépong tawar / tépong jati/ 
Di-ittak dalam gantang dua tiga gantang 
Ménanti béribu katt gantang yang datang. 
Tépong tawar! tépong jate! 
Tanah tambak tambun bérist 
Buleh bagi kthéndak hati, 
Dapat padi béribu kati. 
Jangan sakit, jangan matt, 
Kain putch tudong puteh - 
Bérkat Nabi Allah Ibrahim, 
Bérkat Dato’ ¢mpat pénjuru ‘alam, 
Bérkat Muhammad Rasulu ’llah. 
