34 MALAY PROVERBS. 



262. Jikalau tiacla rial di ping gang 

 Sudara yang rapat menjadi renggang. 



" When you have no money in your pocket 

 "Your closest friends become distant." 



Tempore felici multi munerantur amid. 

 Si fortuna perit, nulhis amicus erit. Ovid. 



263. , Changkat sama di daki, hnrah sama di ttimn. 



" Together we have climbed the hills, together we have 

 gone down the valleys." 



Our expression " the ups and downs of life " corresponds 

 closely with the Malay metaphor. 



264. Cherdek, makan si bingong 

 Tidor, makan si jag a. 



"The shrewd devours the dull ; 



" The sleeper falls a prey to the wakeful." 



Every one for himself. The Malay notion, evidently, of 

 " natural selection " and the " survival of the fittest." 



265. Chuba-chuba menanam miimbang 

 Jikalau hidiip turns negri. 



" Try to plant a green Cocoanut 



" If it lives it will be the pillar of the State." 



To cany through successfully an enterprise which any 

 one else would give up as hopeless is certain to result in 

 honour and distinction. 



Sometimes quoted as a pantun ; 



Lomba-lomba main gelombang 

 Riakhnia sampei ka Indragiri 

 Choba-choba menanam mumbang 

 Jik a hidiip hints negri. 



266. Di titek blah di pain blah 

 Tembikar juga akanjadinia . 



" Split when tapped and split when struck ; 

 " Nothing for it but to become potsherds," 



