BY THE BEVD. W. HOWELL. 
35 
“Kita duai ga tau be- 
guai, bejalai enda bu- 
lih sa mansang nvu- 
mai mandok berapi.” 
81—Lalu nangkap ajat be- 
tlabang punggang, 
Serta nyapai b a d i - 
andai pulas Tawang 
Kedungkang; 
82— Tangkin pedang salin 
tanchang di pinggang, 
Kena ka baju taya bu- 
lih nebal batu bedi- 
iang, 
Masolc ka baju anjong 
nyentok ka ujong ka- 
lempetan puang. 
83— Nvan tenteran beba- 
nang punggang, 
Megai trabai Ian tang 
disimbang ; 
Nya baru siduai nge- 
jang ka rumah diri, 
Sa pintu sa lawang, sa 
atap sa penukang; 
8-4—Nyau nurun tangga 
ruan delapanblas 
kengkang, 
Sida sigi saum tengah 
leman ti masai alai 
muai ruman padi em- 
bawang. 
85—Sigi betumpu k a k i 
tangga digaga senen- 
tang, 
Saum disuka sabang 
enseluang; 
“Indeed you two do know 
how to hurry, and when 
you walk anywhere you 
do not take more time 
than is sufficient to cook 
a pot of rice.” 
Then they snatch up the 
rotan basket that have 
the bottoms made of some 
different material, 
And at the same time seize 
the choppers that they 
rarely use—the choppers 
twisted after the Tawang 
Kedungkang style ; 
They gird themselves with 
their swords of steel, 
They put on their cotton 
jackets that are as thick 
as the hearth-stones 
They put on their cloaks 
that reach to their ankles. 
They gird their spears with 
the banded shafts, 
They clutch their shapely 
shields, 
They are just leaving their 
houses, 
Their houses which con¬ 
sist of one door and one 
room, one roof and one 
window ; 
They are descending the 
ruan staircase with its 
eighteen steps, 
They move together across 
the cleared space before 
the house where it is cus¬ 
tomary to cast out the 
chaff of the embawang 
paddy. 
Yes, their staircases are op¬ 
posite, for they were built 
parallel to one another, 
They share the same ense¬ 
luang plants ; 
11 —Tawang Kedungkang is the name of a place in Hades. 
