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ON SIAMESE LITERATURE. 



Dact : Spond. . . hhaauchak\\ ktucih jilai 



Iamb : Spond. ... nai chau || we-laa 



" Bent on devoting his life to religious duties, His Majesty prepared to abdicate his throne. 

 Having accomplished this design, he ascended the diamond chariot, graced by the presence of the 

 accomplished Queen, resplendent with jewels — and proceeded to the place where the ceremony was 

 to take effect." 



The following is a specimen too of the Ya-ni air, and is extracted from 

 the dramatic poem of Waranut and Waranet : 



1. 



^ 



Thau 7711 II ban did trat 



\J \J \J \^ 



tam rat || sang le-6 \ thau nan 



Sadet {cha^ || cliaak hu-e \ suwan 



pai yang || rong ke-o | aachaa 

 2. 



maa than || hen sang chau 



— ^ — ^ ~ 



kd chun chom |1 thi rom yaa 



do-ei cha pai || yang mu-ung fda 



mingmaa cJiaa || sam roan chai 

 3. 



, . - fat waa maa j] mi7ig keo 



hen Waranet \\ pho song chai 



^ \j ^ \j _ 



sang nang || chom pru phrai 



sam raan chai [| phi rom yaa 



" Waranet is desirous of making a trip to Tawatingsa, {trayatrimsd) the heaven in which his 

 father who is a Thewa, or happy spirit, dwells. 



His Majesty descending from his brilliant Palace, went to the place where the golden Pegasus 

 stood, prepared for his flight to the celestial regions. The glorious horse of the sky, betrayed extra- 

 vagant marks of joy on perceiving the princely burden he was to bear — and his breast dilated 

 with pride and satisfaction, when his Majesty and his beauteous Queen approached." 



Nang h i an air, [28 syllables to a verse.] 

 The example which follows has been extracted from the Romance called 

 Narinthom — and is nearly the same measure as several preceding ones : 



san rat \\ (cha ) leen laa 

 chaak chon || (la) thd raa 



