84 
A SEA-DA YAK DIRGE. 
75— “Oh enti pia uji peda 
engka kitai nadai sa 
chebik s e r i li k a p a - 
yang, 
Nadai kapu krubong 
krang, 
Nadai sirap tandan 
pinang, 
Nadai sedi gambir 
pang.” 
“O, nadai me tu !” Pia 
ko jako Ku'nat sidnai 
Muyang. 
76— “O, enti pia uji padah 
ka Ulup Slelabat Sle- 
batan, 
Enggau Bujang Lem- 
pong Slebungan; 
Olih kita duai Mentong 
siduai Lepang.” 
77 — “Kita duai kin dipa- 
dah ka si da .Tirana.” 
“O, kini ka kami dia- 
soh ?” 
78—“Nunjang pinang di 
tembawang S i m b u r 
Besi, 
Ngambi pantong di 
punjong Lebur Api, 
Ngambi sedi di plai 
pucliok kedandi.” 
79 — “Ma kami duai tu aja 
ti pungka laki ?” 
80 — “Badu me enda kita 
duai iya ga ngulin ka 
kita tau belanda enda 
lama, enda ngapus ka 
hari; 
“Oh ! If so go and see for 
perhaps we have not got 
any serih kapayang. 
“Nor chunam made of the 
empty sea-shells, 
“Nor a slice of pinang nut, 
“Ncreven the tasteless 
gambler.” 
“Oh ! we haven’t got them 
either,” say both Kunat 
and Muyang. 
“Oh! If that is the case 
you Mentong and L e - 
pang go, 
“For Slelabat Slebatan 
“And Bujang L e m bong 
Slebungan.” 
“You two go thither, Ji- 
ram and others want 
you.” 
“Oh ! Whither are we to 
be sent ?” 
“To climb the pinang trees 
at the old site of Simbur 
Besi’s house, 
“To get the serih (pantong) 
at the summit of Lebur 
Api, 
“To gather thegambieron 
the plai trees and on the 
topmost branches of the 
kedandi trees.” 
“Are we then the only 
males (in the house) ?” 
“It is most important that 
you two should go be¬ 
cause you can run there 
in no time, you never 
take a whole day over 
anything; 
75 .—Ghuvam means lime used lor chewing (ka-por in Malay). 
78. — La-bur Api is a mountain in Hades. 
