66 RAJA AMBONG. 
Raja AMBONG responded with another verse :— 
Kaparat lalu ka ma arifat-nia 
Patah tunjang si-mali-malt 
Ku-turut lalu pada tampat-nia 
Antah-kan apa hali dan bali.* 
Then he strode on to the Raja’s audience hall, where Raja 
AMBONG AWAN UNGU received him with the greatest cor- 
diality, stepping down to meet him and seating him on the 
right hand of the throne. Then a feast of the most delicious 
dishes was served, and the two Rajas dined together, beguiling 
the repast with all sorts of pleasant histories. As evening 
closed in, Raja AMBONG took his leave, but on his way back 
to his ship he halted under a déringin tree and sat on a swing, 
chatting with his companions (ber-buet-buet di-atas papan 
dundang tuan putri) within view of the window of the,Prin- 
cess. Presently she looked out and saw him and smiled and 
repeated this verse :— 
Anak sawa sa-besar lengan 
Handak meniti batang padi 
flandak ter-tawa tidak ber-téman 
Sinnyum sadtkit dt-dalam hati.t 
She had hardly finished when Raja AMBONG replied with 
the following :— 
Sélasth dulang bulth di-rapat 
Pandak ruas kaki babt 
Kakasth orang bulth ku-rébut 
Baharu-lah puas at hati kam. 
* From infidelity one passes to perfect knowledge: broken are the stumps 
of the plant si-mali-mali: assuredly will I reach the place whence it came, 
caring not what tumult may follow. 
+ A young python as thick as one’s forearm would cross a stream with a rice 
straw fora bridge; I cannot laugh aloud for I have no companion, but I 
smile to myself as thoughts cross my mind. 
t{ The wood of the selasih dulang may be fashioned with the adze: short 
in the joint is the wild-boar’s leg : let me carry off the beloved of another, 
for not till then will my heart know contentment, 
