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JELEBU CUSTOMARY SONGS AND SAYINGS. 



Penalties 

 for abuse of 

 office. 



Conditions 



for 

 betrothal. 



The married 

 man serves 

 his wife's 

 tribe. 



which uses 

 him accord- 

 ing to his 

 qualifica- 

 tions. 



Kebulatan tua, boleh membuat atau memechat undang ; 

 Undang bulat, lembaga rapat, waris sedia, membuat 

 atau memechat raja. 1 



Di-anjak layu, di-chabut m-ati, 2 

 Kata adat dengan pesaka. 



Adat tidak melintang 



Hukum tidak mengambek/' 



Bol eh sema n da-men yeman da . 



Bila bersemanda di-mana-mana sukn. 



Sah kata adat, 



Aver di-sauk, ranting di-patah. 



Orang semanda- bertempat semanda. 

 Jika cherdek, teman berunding: 4 

 Jika bodoh, di-suroh di-arah. 

 Tinggi banir/' tempat berlindong, 

 Eimbun dahan, tempat bernaung. 

 Orang semanda pergi karna suroh, 

 Berhenti karna tegah. 



Jikalau kita menerima orang semanda; 



Jikalau kiiat di-bubohkan di-pangkal kayu; 



Jikalau hi u gong di-suroh arah, 



Menyeput nan jauh, mengampongkan nan dekat ; 



Jikalau ia cherdek, hendakkan rundingan ; 



Jikalau maalim, hendakkan doa-nya: 



Jikalau kaya, hendakkan emas ; 



Jikalau patah, penghalau ay am ; 



Jikalau buta, penghembus lesong; 



Jikalau pekak, pembakar bedil. 



Masok ka-kandang kerbau menguak ; 

 Masok ka-kandang kambing membebek, 

 Bagai-mana adat tempat semanda di-pakai; 

 Bila bmni di-pijak, langit di-junjong, 

 Bagai-mana adat negeri itu di-pakai. 

 Orang semanda dengan orang tempat semanda, 

 Bagai mentimun dengan dun an ; 

 Menggolek pun luka, kena golek pun luka. 



i This Hast line contains a special reference to local Jelebu 

 history. Jelebu, like Kembau, has the saying Raja tiada mem- 

 punyai negeri dan tiada bolelx menchukai khcrajat, melainlcan 

 berlceadilan sahaja serta permalcanan-nya. "Rembau, " p. 110 

 translates Tcherajat " war-levy, ' ' but why? In Arabic it means, 

 "land-tax," and that fits the context 'exactly. In N. S. the 

 phrase Tcherajat mati is always used of "funeral expenses.' 7 

 Berlceadilan = " possessed of the powers of a justiciar." 



2 "Transplanted it (the custom) withers, uprooted it dies" 

 (Rembau, p, LOO, VIII.) The saying is also used of the dis- 

 missal of a ehief from office, and of removing an offender from 

 the path of evil or eradicating him from the tribe. 



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