80 MALAY PEOVEEBS. 



Minum ayer sa-rasa-duri. 

 " When drinking, there is a feeling as of thorns." Kl. 139. 

 Klinkert and Favre have de-rasa which is incorrect. See M. 174. " Mi- 

 n.um ayer sa-rasa duri, malum sa-rasalilin tidor td'lena,mandita'basah." 



Divested of Oriental hyperbole, the sentence means " In my present state 

 of mind I can enjoy nothing-." Compare Lane's Tlwusand and one Nights, 

 I, 341. " Verily from the time when I first saw thee, neither sleep has been 

 sweet to me nor hath food been pleasant." 



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Habis umpan herung-kerung tiada dapat. 

 "The bait is all gone but no fish have been caught." Kl. 68. 

 Said of an undertaking which has failed ; the money is all spent, but there 

 is nothing to shew for it. 



Cf. Tuba binasa ikan ta'dapat. M. 247. 

 Pelabor habis Palembang ta'alah. M. 116. 



Kerung-kerung is a small fish caught in the sea, with hard scales like those 

 of the ikan batu, very cheap and inferior. 



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 Harap-lcan anak buta mata sa-belah, harap-hcm teman 



buta Ica-dua-nia. 

 " To trust in one's child is to be blind of an eye, but to put 

 " confidence in a slave is to be blind altogether." Kl. 25. 



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 Harap-kan guntur di langit ayer di tampayan di-cliorah-kan. 



" To empty one's water-jar through faith in the thunder in the 

 ; ' heavens." Kl. 4. 



" A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush " and a full water-butt is 

 better than all the rain-clouds in the sky, in spite of thunder, which is not 

 always a sure sign of rain. In Perak they say iiwa-kan for chorah-kan. 



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 Harum meng-liilang-kan bait. 



" A sweet scent overcomes a disagreeable smell." 

 Kind treatment will obliterate the memory of injustice 



