coming 

 d with 



to maturity ; the 

 the birth of Mo- 



:s with 



a prayer for an 



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O royal nurses all preserve it from sickness and 

 fever, vertigo and headache. 



May it reach the full stature. 



May the old become young again. 



Where backward may it become forward. 



Where unequal may it be made equal. 



Where colourless may it become green. 



Where short may it become long. 



Green as the waters of the Ocean. 



High as the mountains of Kaf. 

 The second is a hyperbolical description of each of the nine 

 months during which the grain is 

 tenth, or harvest time, is compared 

 named, and the incantation clo< 

 abundant crop : — 



Bin fang mar a chuacha I imp at ; 



Ka-dua limpat di langit ; 



Ka-tiga limpat di biimi ; 



Ka-ampat ayer sambayang ; 



Ka-lima pintu mazahap ; 



Ka-anam pintu rezuki ; 



Ka-tujoh pintu mahaligei ; 



Ka-dilapan pintu shurga ; 



Ka-sambilan anak di-kandong ibu ; 



Ka-sapuloh Mahomed Jadi. 



Jadi sakilian jadi. 



Bayan Allah didalam rongga batu. 



Lagi ad a rezuki ; 



Deri hulu deri hilir 



Saref mengaref ; 



Deri sina ka daksiua 



Manpliantar rezuki 



Bertambah bertambun. 



The gloriously resplendent stars lighting the firma- 

 ment are the first: 



The full refulgence is the second ; 



The fullness spreading over the earth is the third- 

 causing abundance ; 



