A SEA-DAYAK DIRGE. 
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43— “Sapa ti mrai kit a 
enggau jako rangkai 
melintang p u t a n g, 
ngengkah kita enggau 
jako salah ban gat 
kempang ?” 
44 — “Sapa ti ngachok kita 
enggau tunjok jari bu- 
tang, mandang eng¬ 
gau lengan tampong 
brang ?" 
45 — Lalu empai nyaut sa 
patah mukut padi pu- 
tong, lalu bedau nibas 
sa patah bras padi ra- 
bong ; 
46— N y a u ngeredongkan 
tuda Jiram apai vSa- 
b eng an Manok Me- 
nang ; 
Nyau nyungkah tuda 
Langkah nunda pen- 
yungah jelu kijang. 
47— Nyaut enggau mulut 
nyambut ngentupang, 
nelah enggau d i 1 a h 
antara rang :— 
48 — “Endai! Nadai crang 
nganu kami enggau 
jako melintang pu- 
tang, nadai mrai eng¬ 
gau jako rangkai 
besundang 1 u n t a 11 g, 
nadai ngachok enggau 
tunjok jari butang, 
nadai mandam enggau 
lengan buah brang.” 
“Who abused thee with 
uncalled-for words with¬ 
out consideration, and 
who miscalled thee most 
daringly ?” 
“Who menaced thee with 
the forefinger and gave 
thee blows w i t h the 
hand ?” 
Now before they answered 
a word half the size of a 
small grain of putong 
paddy, and before they 
could reply a word half 
the size of a grain of ra- 
bong rice ; 
Up arose Jiram the father 
of Sabengan the Victor¬ 
ious Champion ; 
And up then arose Lang- 
kah abruptly like a (star¬ 
tled) kijang deer with its 
head upraised. 
Answered (then those that 
interrogated) with the 
lips.that (as it were) shed 
blossoms, with melo¬ 
dious tongues between 
the rows of well-shaped 
teeth : 
“Oh dear no ! Nobody 
abused us with uncalled 
for words, no one abused 
us with impudent speech, 
no one menaced us with 
the fore-finger, and no one 
struck us with the hand.” 
