ON SIAMESE LITERATURE. 



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fhewi khde khldi solid 

 chiing ml wd chd un sun ilion 

 do-dng saman me yat sanehaa 

 toa chau cha chdk mdndd 

 pai pen bari-chd Phrasong rit-(tha) 

 Waiyaka felt somewhat consoled by the affectionate expressions of her (adopted), daughter — 

 and in return gave her some good advice for her future conduct in the married state. She then 

 deplored the unavoidable separation she must sustain from her beloved child — who was going to 

 become the wife of Phra Unar6t, (Phra Songrit.) 



Yani manora 



is a different strain from the yard nangsu so-at before noticed. It occurs 

 in Unnaritt, — 



ken phon chaturong \\ kha ong aat 

 pen kang phayu-ka baat || {tha) krd bd-a7i yai, ^c. ^c. 

 The General issued instructions for the organising and assembling of the Army, its materiel 

 and followers — also the elephants — with gold embroidered housings, and the horse under their 

 respective commanders, bold and swift as lions. 



O ! pi. 



This air is played on a sort of clarionet — and is adapted to a stanza in 

 which the Princess Usa is seated on a diamond throne, beside her lord 

 and king — she addresses him in poetry, praising him, and expressing her 

 readiness to accompany him to the diamond country of Longka (Lanca or 

 Ceylon) — pai sathddn krung kSo nd Longka. 



3Idn Plhi — The Peguan A\Y.—Long song — The Bathing, 

 occurs in the same Drama adapted to a ivak or stanza of eleven couplets, 

 descriptive of their Majesties' enjoyment of the cold bath. 



Rang thon 



is another applied to a stanza of tvi^elve couplets describing the royal 

 carriage with its curving poles (inwards and high above the heads of the 

 horses) surmounted with flags.* 



* A Translation has been given in my Siamese Grammar. 



