SRI RAMA. 95 



Di-timpa anak Nabi-ullah Adam clahulu 



Di-hanchur di tapak tangan 



Di-timpa di hujung jari 



Di-sepuh dengan ayer bunga 



Di-sepuh di apur china 



Turun bisa-nia deri atas Ian git 



Di-asam di hum ayer 



Ikari di-ekor ayer mati ber-kapong-an.* 

 The sword that he wore was called <( lang pengonggong " 

 "the successful swooper," lit., the kite carrying off its prey. 



The nest article described is his turban, which, amoug the 

 Malays, is a square handkerchief folded and knotted round the 

 head : — 



Ter-ambil-lah tangkolok bulang hulu 



Bulang palangi besalu alei 



Rembang tengah dendam ta'sudah 



Ada suatu puncha ta'sudah 



Jika sudah dunia kiamat 



Bukan-nia tenun sa'barang tenun 



Tenun bonda deri muda 



Chukup perindu dengan perendang 



Chukup hikmat " si-mula jadi " 



" Ashik sa'kampong " " si-putar leman " 



"Asam garam^ " ahadan mabuk " 



# " A straight blade of one piece which spontaneously screwed 

 itself into the haft. The grooves called retak rnayat started from 

 the base of the blade, the damask called parnur janji appeared half 

 way up, and the damask called lam jilallah at the point ; the 

 damask alif was there parallel with the edge, and where the 

 damasking ended the steel was white. No ordinary metal was the 

 steel, it was what was over after making the bolt of God's Kaabah 

 (at Meccah). It had been forged by the son of God's prophet, 

 Adam, smelted in the palm of his hand, fashioned with the end 

 of his finger, and coloured with the juice of flowers in a Chinese 

 furnace. Its deadly qualities came clown to it from the sky and 

 if cleaned (with acid) at the source of a river, the fish at the 

 embouchure came floating up dead." 



