72 MALAY POISONS AND CHAEM CUBES 



TEflt it may reach our mother on Earth and our father in Heaven, 



Out first parents, our original teachers, 



Itivifig at ease on holy ground, 



Reclining against the two pillars 



Of the holy graves at Mecca and Medina, 



The House of God. 



Teachers four^ and wise men three* 



May sinfl hoth small and great be forgiven, 



I beg a blessing for , . . (the patient). 



If (his disease) be acute I pray you blunt its sharpness, 



H it be heavy, lighten it, 



li painful, ease it, 



H hot, cool it, 



(?) In the twenty Attributes* and the twelve (?),* 

 (?) In the seven Senses* and the four (?),* 

 Earth, Water, Fire and Air, the four Elements. 

 I pray you prolong hm stride, extend his life. 

 Let his daily bread be plentiful. 



0 Spiritual Teacher keep well my secret, 



1 am a physician , 

 I am the BotnoTt 



And this sacrifice is offered to the four Shaikhs/ and the seven 



Miracle-Workers. 

 0 Shaikhs, ye control the four corners of the Earth, 

 And seven countries, with eight proiiinces.* 

 From the rising sim to the setting sun. 

 From pole to pole, 



Under the canopy of Heaven and on the face of the Earth 



Ye control the frontiers and the districts, 



Ye control the river reaches within tliis village. 



* Tho Archangels, according to the Koran : Gabriel, tlio angol who reveala j 

 Michael, the angel who fights ; Aztacl, the angel of death ; AtrafiJ, the angel of 

 tho resurrection, 



« The three friends of the Prophet : Abubakar, Omar, and AJi. 



* The bomor pitiri (To* Dfiraman) explains that the twenty attributes aro tho 

 Bcven senses, the ti^-olve worlds and the mountain Sitong, which is sjmnbttlical 

 of the hnman head. 



* ? worlds : the words given in explanation bv the bcmor pHiri (To' DSraman) 

 Rrc apparently artificial, hopelessly corrupt or tieriwd from a forgott^^n tongue ; 

 Home seem to Ije Arabic, but used" in other senses : zohrut {the first stomal or 

 rumen of ruminants), lokuk (length), AaWr (the third stomach or omasum of 

 ruminants), ida (liver), jisin (heart), jirin (lungp), naksud (tongue), rahamani 

 (brain), Imhtk (bile), lauhar (neck), milukul (windpipe)^ and jwMwnt (flesh at 

 tho top of the chest — ? thymus gland). 



* The seven senses at* given as : zaiar (feeling by male orgsoi— ? animation), 

 iangan (feeling by hand), kaici (feeling by foot), miilvt {taate)» maia (sw^ht), 

 tilijtga (hearing), hieUmg {smell}. Speech is omitted in favour of feeling by foot. 



* ? four stages, 



^ Shaikh Abdulsamao, Shaikh Abulkadir, Shaikh Bantatok, and Shaikh 

 Abdnlajar. 



■ The bomcfr pltfri {To' DSraman) explains that the earth is divided into seven 

 oountries, each with eight proWnc^H. 



