14 THE MALAY PANTUN. 
Upon the gumtrees lighting ; Chih® yu* chat 
A tongue of evil has no bound T'san* jen? wang® chi?-* 
And sets the realm a-fighting. Chiao’ luan* szti* kuo* 
(Styled hsing). 
The clumsy blue flies buzzing round Ying? ying? ching* ying” 
(same as in first stanza) 
Upon the hazels blunder; Chih? yu? chén* 
O cursed tongue that knows no bound T’san* jén? wang* chi™* 
And sets us two asunder. * 'Kou* wor er Gene 
(same as in second stanza): 
(Styled hsing). 
A wite’s Memories. (I, V, 5). 
With taper rod of tall bamboo 
You angle in the Ke; 
Do I not go by.dream to you, 
Who cannot come to me? 
(Styled fu).. 
To left the T’seuen waters roam, 
The K’e flows to the right; 
Ah! never gleams a newer home 
Inke that lost home to sight. 
(Styled fu). 
Leftward the T’seuen stream beguiles, 
And rightward calls the Ke; 
Return, o light of happy smiles 
And girdle-gems, to me! a 
(Styled fw). 
The oars of cedar rise and fall 
From boats of yellow pune ; 
Would I might roam the banks, where all 
The ghosts of girlhood shine! 
(Styled fu). 
Bappyan, acu, (ii veiie ae 
Fishes are there by the score, I trow, 
Thew large heads sleepily showing ; 
The king 1s here, in the city of Haou, 
At ease with the wine-cup’s flowing. 
(Styled hsing).. 
Fishes are there in the weed enow, (in the Chinese text 
same as in first stanza) 
Their long tarls lazily swaying ; 
The king is here, in the city of Haou, 
Drinking, dreaming, delaying. 
(Styled hsing). 
Jour. Straits Branch 
