No. 24.— 1881.] 



VEDDA SONGS, 



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Si<3©s»3©S)3 Szc «3®3(55<£0 Velkobba vela dunna namagana 



©C^C ©^©C 3 ' 8 ?® 3 * ^nne Olagala Ma Lokuvo 



£>*s$©3$ ©0C53(3 ®3©(33^©s)i Enne Olagala Ma Lokuvo 



^scd 3dO#5 &)&$&q) Angara netum natana nangita 



6\&6 ©sDdoq _c»©3©oJ Kubara berapada gachapo 



6x9)6 -soigi) .saQosraf Rubara netum natapo 



saQaeoJ Val atten natapo 



©9a q ©©3^ «33i§s3 «)Q9®C3J Chonda chonda netun natapo 



^oO^ ©efcxf^Sc ©SJCj©^ Apatat vettila bedapo 



©cssa^c * $^>2rf<S3£tf Gollat bosema indinnan 



^d"C^ -sa^-® 3 ^sOscs^f Vallat karaka natapan 



©©.^teoO <p£)3 ®>®3(3 ©qc£©caf Mettata ava bola deyyd 



es) «)§«33©:£f £D^vS33©>^ Tan tadinane tadinane 



S3o o^^oo©^ «>§#53©aJ Tan tadinane tadinane 

 O great man ! O great god ! * 



O great man ! O great god ! 



* * * * 



* # * * t 

 Let us two go. 



Let us two go. 



If we cannot walk over the ground on account of the mist 



Tie Vadana, the buffalo, with a string; J dew), 



Let us two ride on the back of the buffalo. 



Let us two go into the iguana-abounding jungle. 



Let us two roast and eat the iguana :5 



Let us two roast and eat the iguana's tail: 



Let us two roast and eat the iguana's legs {lit. hoofs) : 



I will give thee the iguana's entrails : 



I will eat the iguana's liver. 



It is Ma Lokuwd of Olagala who is coming, 



Bending a velkobba creeper into a bow !6 



Play fine tunes on the tom-tom, 



For the sister who dances graceful dances. 



Dance choice dances : 



Dance with the bundle of leaves: 



Dance fine, fine dances. 



Give us also betel § leaves. 



Lo ! many people around ! 



Dance twirling the bunch of leaves ! 



Fellow ! The gods have come hither ! 



Tan tadinane tadinane 



Tan tadinane tadinane. 



* ®3©<^5So [mdmini] Bailey translates "my gem." 

 t I can offer no reasonable translation of these lines, 

 t £)eD-£>3 §i®3 {vadana mima], — Perhaps " the coming buffalo." 

 § @eXof£8@ [vettila].— This is the only TamiJ word I have fouod in thes« 

 songs, &c. 



