corn. — Invocation! 



Ka-sambilan anak de kandongibu; 



Ka-sepuluh Mahomed jadi. 



Jadi siklian jadi. 



Ooma tanarnan jadi. 



Bayan noil ah de dallam rcnga batu, 



Lagi ada rizukki ; 



Deri hooloo deri hilir, 



Sarep mengarep ; 



Deri seenang kitla seenang, 



Mcnghunt.ur rizukki, 



Ber tambah ber tamboon. 



The gloriously resplendent stars lighting the firmament 

 are the first ; 



The full refulgence is the second ; 



The fullness spreading over the earth is the third — caus- 

 ing abundance ; 



The fourth the blessed waters, harbingers of fertility ; 



The fifth the four gates of the world, pouring out plenty; 



The sixth the door to abundance of food ; 



The seventh the portal of the upper stcry of the palace; 



The eight the floor of Surga or Heaven ; 



The ninth the pregnant mother; 



The tenth — (may the grain harvest be lucky as.) the birth- 

 day of Mahomed. 

 May al) prove prosperous. 

 May dry grain prosper. 



May the hand of the Almighty appear in the filling of thi 



husk, as a hole in a rock is shut up b\ degrees^ 

 From above, from below, let plenty always flow. 

 From cast and went, may abundance ever increasing 

 pour in. 



Adam and Hawaii our first parents, say our Ma- 

 lays, had two sons and two daughters ; the daughters 

 to whom they give the precedence were Norniaui and 

 A ski. 



The sons were Soorbaiii and Akmni. 



The earth did not then yield enough food for the 

 subsistence of mankind ; Adam therefore conveyed, 

 hy divine command, one son and one daughter into 

 the plains, and having sacrificed them and chopped 



