bhair BiDASARrr A Malay Poem . 
Jam jam darja bersnsn 
Btigindapuu sangat blaskan putn. 
33 Sapuisapiu ahgm salatan 
Berkokolali ramei liaiem dihutan 
Bangan mirah bersahutsalmtan 
Siperti mengalualukan anah sultan. 
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Bulanpim sablah dfsaput awan 
Sipciti muka anah perawiln 
Menghite kakasehiua malumaluau 
Bersalmlah putn sa^orang perampiian. 
Bersalmlah iidinda-sa’orang putn 
1 ’arasina laksana Mandudan 
Sakitma tiada lagi terpn 
1 )inba bagimld kapala istn. 
Tll ° moisture on her face glittered, 
And the Prince deeply pitied the Princess. 
^odly softly blew the south wind: 
The wild fowl in the forest cried in eoncert : 
And the peacocks answered each other on everv side. 
As if welcoming the child of the Sultan, 
fhe moon on one side was hidden by the clouds, 
Like the face of. the young maiden 
When bashful stealing a look at her love. 
And the Queen received a daughter. 
Received the beloved Lady a princess, 
AVho.se countenance was like that of Mandiidari 
Her pain became insufferable— 
And the King supported the head of his wife. 
NOTES. 
and sonorous j nor is the picture aiul its accessories unworthy df the 
language. s 
Line 57. Sapitf— Probably derived from sapu to sweep, to wipe • dis4- 
pu awan swept by the clouds; disAput awan, hid or covered by the 
clouds. It IS only used as thus applied to the moon. * 
, 08 . This elegant and relined use of the word satin (which'in 
0! , dmary senses, is to pour from one receptacle into another, to change 
the dress, to translate, &'c.) is not noticed by Marsden or Tan Fvsinea 
beauty' 39, Mandudari ~ The ^ of Rawana, and celebrated for her 
