A SEA.-DAYAK DIRGE. 
67—Orang t i bcs an d i k 
nyau ngadu ka seng- 
kalik pun brang ; 
Pambus nunda sedu- 
dul landak lubang. 
Nyau beklisak lisi di 
kaki pun tiamg. 
68 — Orang ti b u 1 a-b u 1 a 
nyau minta peda indu 
guang, nyau betekejah 
iigagai ruai sida Lang- 
kah (sayau rebah na- 
dai belantang) ; 
Saiian nyau nuju ruai 
sida .liram apai Sa- 
bengan, Man ok Men- 
ang ; 
Nyau saman dud ok 
pipi nunda umbi mu- 
long kerarang, 
Dudok nyangah nunda 
penyangaii j e 1 u k i- 
jang. 
69—“Nama ti kita kumbai 
k a. k i t a i s a k a y u 
rum ah panjai ? 
Uji tusoi enggau pung- 
gai dabong pengeran- 
tang, 
Pji sebut enggau mu- 
1 ut 11 y arribut ngentu - 
pang tel ah enggau 
dilah antara rang.” 
70— N y a u b e r u 11 d a 11 g 
o r a 11 g t i 11 ga 1 i 11 g cl i 
billing kaki tiang, 
Nyau cledurah orang 
ti rncrkas rumali be- 
tampong kalang, 
Those that carry t heir 
children slung on their 
hips shift them to the 
other side ; 
They are all coming out 
like porcupines from their 
burrows. 
They are all thronging 
round the posts of the 
house. 
The boastful ones act so 
that their sweet-hearts 
may observe them walk¬ 
ing noisily to the recep¬ 
tion room of h angle ah 
(w r ho, alas, died child¬ 
less). 
All are now going towards 
the reception room of 
Jiram the father of Sa- 
bengan, the Victorious 
Champion ; 
All sit side-way like the 
spathe of the kerarang 
sago trees, 
All sit upright after the 
kijang deer’s a 11 i t u d e 
when alarmed. 
“Why is it that you sum¬ 
mon all of us of this long 
house ? 
“Tell us.with your own lips 
(literally-with the sharp 
serrated edges of your 
teeth) — with y o u r lips 
that (as it were) drop 
blossoms, 
“Relate (the reason) with 
your tongue that lies 
betwixt your well-shaped 
teeth (lit. jaws).” 
Now he who laid the 
foundations of the house 
is beginning to be con¬ 
cerned, 
Now he who rules over the 
long house with its Avell- 
fitted joists, 
C8,—The Kcraravg Sc n g?-tree is fast dying cut. 
