THE MALAY PANTUN. 25 
Dari Gangsa pérgi ka-Kubong, 
Singgah ka-Tualang méréntang 
tali; 
Putus bénang boleh di-sambong, 
Patah arang putus sa-kat. 
Orang bérlayar Lautan Ambon, 
Patah tiang patah kémudi; 
Putus bénang boleh di-sambong, 
Patah arang sudah sa-kal. 
Pérahu lanchang dari Pétani, 
Naik ka-darat béli kain; 
Buah machang sa-rupa kuna, 
Rupa-nya sama, rasa-nya lain. 
Dari sana pérgi ka-sini, 
Masok ka-dalam turun kain; 
Bachang jangan di-sangka kum, 
Kulit-nya sama, rasa-nya lain. 
It would be interesting to have a Malay poet’s view on this 
point; but something may perhaps be inferred from the discre- 
pancy between the pantuns of a Malay Hikayat and those con- 
tained in its metrical version, the Shaér. A “ Hikayat Chéndawan 
Puteh ” was published in Singapore in 1328 (1909 A.D.) and a 
“Shaér Chéendawan Puteh” in 1331 (1912 A.D.). ‘The date of 
the latter in the writer’s copy is blurred and it may be 1321, but 
im any case the Shaer must be a later production, as many facts 
and episodes of the Hikayat are missing, and towards the end the 
poet, apparently weary of his task, is progressing by leaps and 
bounds, which makes the Shaer fairly unintelligible without the 
knowledge of the Hikayat. Many of the pantun of the Hikayat 
have been taken over into the Shaer, but the poet has altered them 
according to his taste. 
Hikayat Chéndawan Puteh. 
Padi di-sawah pétek tangkai-nya, 
Orang Féringg. jadi kélana; 
Tuan di-bawah patek bértanya, 
Sékarang pérgi akan ka-mana? 
Orang Féringqi jadi kélana, 
Méncharni landak sa-kawan lima; 
Sékarang pérgi akan ka-mana? 
Patek nan héndak bértanya nama. 
Ménchari landak ka-kawan lima, 
Di-makan chéndawan di-pohon 
uni; 
“Patek nan héndak bértanya nama, 
ge pula tuanku ini? 
Rajawah raja slur. 
Singgah mémanah burong kédidt; 
Tinggal-lah balai, tinggal-lah la- 
man, 
Tinggal péngkalan témpat ku- 
mandi, 
R. A. Soc., No. 85, 1922. 
A few quatrains will show how he did it. 
Shaér Chéndawan Puteh. 
Padi di-sawah pétek tangkai-nya, 
Orang Féringg. mélanggar 
China; 
Tuan di-bawah patek bértanya, 
Sékarang pérgy héndak ka-mana? 
Orang Feringgi mélanggar China, 
Beérapa banyak mati pénglima; 
Sékarang tuan pérgi ka-mana? 
Kami nan héndak bértanya nama. 
Bérapa banyak mati péenglima, 
Di-bantu oleh ségala Séran; 
Kami nan héndak bértanya nama, 
Anak siapa tuanku ini? 
Mérak méngigal di-dalam taman, 
Mati di-patok ular-nya lidi; 
Tinggal mahligai kampong hala- 
man, 
Bésérta kolam, témpat-ku mandi. 
