JELEBU CUSTOMABY SONGS AND SAYINGS. 



TEKOMBA. 

 I. 



Allah belum bernama Allah, 



Muhamad belum bernama Nabi; 



Bumi belum bernama bumi, 



Bumi bernama pusat negeri; 



Langit belum bernama langit, 



Langit bernama payong negeri; 



Bumi itu sa-gedang talam, 



Langit itu sa-gedang payong; 



Gagak puteh, bangau hitam, 



Dato' bujang, nenek gadis; 



Sa-jaman raja jatoh terdiri 



Sa-jaman penghulu jatoh terpekur, 



Sa-jaman lembaga jatoh tersila, 



Terbit adat dua teripar, 



Ka-laut Tenggong 1 , ka-darat Perpateh, 



Adat bertentu, bilang beratur; 



Beruntok berharta masing-masing. 



Buloh bilah, tanah di-tanam, 



Besi berdenting, puntong berasap, 



Sa-bingkah tanah di-tanam, 



Tumboh aur nan berjijir. 



To' Kali Padang Genting, 



To' Senama 2 di-Suasa, 



To' Kalifah di-negeri Tambang, 



To' Mengkudum di-negeri Sumanik. 



Di-sambut raja Pagar Euyong; ; 



Lalu ka-Siak, ka-(?) Siaim Jambi; 



Lalu ka-Eokan. ka-Panalian ; 



Lalu ka-riak yang berderun, 3 



Tempat aur yang bersurat, 



Tempat pisau-pisau 4 hanyut, 



Tempat sialang berlantak besi 5 ; 



Lalu durian di-takek Eaja — 



1 = Temenggong. 2 Indera Mah ; vide note, p 16. It is pronounced in 

 Minangkabau Indome 3 Riak 'ripples" or is it some forgotten place-name? 



4. Wd have iollowed the editor of the " Undang-Undang of Moco-Moco " 

 in translating pisau-pisau •' vide Vol. II ' Miscellanies" (Bencoolen, 1822), p.5. 

 A similar interpretation is given at Sri Menanti. 



5. That paper also explains Si-pisau-pisau hanyut, Sialang berlantak 

 b$si and Durian di-takek raja as names of places, the last opposite to Tanjong 

 si-Malido. Sialang berlantak besi is translated " the honey-comb reached by- 

 means of iron pegs driven into the tree." There is no doubt that sialang 



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