No. 26. — 1883.] PADDY CULTIVATION CUSTOMS. 



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1. Like the moon shining in full splendour, 

 My beauteous endearing lord. 



Since the day of departure thou returnest not as yet : 

 Till I may reach thee where wilt thou remain ? 



2. At a desolate town of Negroes I arrived, 

 Leaving kith and kin for a foreign land. 

 With scalding tears I bathe my breast ; 



By him deserted, how may I sustain my grief! 



3. Though the friendly earth quake and tremble, — 

 Maha Mem thunder with torrents of rain — 

 Though these, and such like portents, thou beholdest, 

 Whatever thy undertaking, it will not prosper. 



4. A woman empty-handed, or bearing empty pot, 

 A beggar, be he deaf or be he blind — 



These in good journey shouldst thou meet, 

 Fruitless will be thy going. 



5. Hear me, ye learned, that benefit the world, 

 Consider it with mind unfettered : 

 Ganadevi, grant me to receive wisdom : 

 May the assembly not find fault. 



6. Fellows, a mighty boon is seed ; 

 Desired of every creature ; 



In fruitful land it multiplies : 

 Worship oft the Teacher. 



7. Of land acquired spy out the low places ; 



Cause rice received to be served with glad heart ; 

 From stumps and roots ever strive to rid you, 

 Building dams for tanks acquired. 



* These three stanzas will be found in almost the same form in a small 

 pamphlet of Harvest Songs styled Goyam-malaya, printed in Colombo, 1881. 



