MALAY PROVERBS. 107 



Seperti dedalu api hinggap ka-pohun kayu. 



Hinggap ka-ibu ibu-nya matt. 



Hinggap ka-ranting ranting-nya patah, 

 Like a spark of fire falling upon a tree, 

 If it falls upon the trunk the trunk will die, 

 If it falls upon a branch the branch will be broken. 



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 Seperti orang matt jikalait tiada orang meng-angkat 

 biia-kah ber-grak. 



Like a dead man, If no one lifts him up, when will he be 

 able to move ? 



Helpless. Impotent, 



Seperti ber-gantong pada rambut s'hele, 

 Like hanging on a single hair, 

 A precarious position, 



Seperti tebu lepas ka-dalam mulut gajah pay ah akan ka- 



luar-nya. 



Like sugar-cane which has entered an elephant's mouth, 

 difficult to extricate. 



Applied to missed opportunities. 



