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A SEA-DAYAIv DIEGE. 
119—“Ngetu t u a , pang 
nyawa lalu enda ma- 
tah ka slada bunga 
sugi ; 
Muchau tua munyi 
Melanau nimbau 
bangkong, 
Muchap munyi Keda- 
dap nyampi ka bu- 
rong.” 
120— Kalama ninga d e h 
Silin-ilin bekain rnali 
jai, 
Singgol-inggol ti be- 
sanggol mali rempi. 
121 — Lalu teginsit di kain 
apit ti berngigit di 
papan pinggang, 
Tebelengka d i b 1 i a 
bandir tapang, 
Lalu bediri temegi di 
punggang penyam- 
bang. 
122— Ngangau siduai mu¬ 
nyi tuau nyabak ka 
senayau randang ta- 
rang, 
“Niki nycnkati tangga 
gruiiggang.” 
123 — “Q, kami tu enda tau 
niki,” pia ko jako 
Ulup Slelabat Sleba- 
tan Bujang Lem pong 
Slebungan ; 
O enda tau enda niki 
enggai ka siduai puni 
di Lisp petachu pajak 
kenyang ; 
Puni di moa baka se- 
rira bulan mansang.” 
“Let us rest, our mouths 
are parched (lit: tasteless) 
for we have not yet had 
our chew (of pinang and 
serin), 
“Let us mutter like the 
Melanau people building 
a boat,” 
“Let us murmur like Kc- 
dadap as if reciting a 
prayer to the Gods” (lit: 
Birds). 
At length there heard them 
Silin-ilin whose petticoat 
never wears out, 
And Singgol-inggol whose 
braided hair is never un¬ 
coiled. 
Then the weaving band so 
tightly fastened round the 
waist was moved, 
Then dropped the weaving 
instruments made of the 
buttress of tapang tree, 
Then they stood erect at 
the end of the house. 
Then called they out like 
the tuau bird crying for 
the shadow thrown by 
the bright moonlight, 
“Come up, ascend t h e 
smooth grunggang-wood 
ladder.” 
“Oh we cannot come up,” 
thus reply Ulup Slelabat 
Slebatan a. n d B u j a n g 
Lempong Slebungan. 
“Oh you must come up lest 
you both be accurst for 
not having touched the 
breasts so fresh and 
plump ; 
“Lest you be accurst for not 
having beheld the face 
like the halo round the 
expanding moon.” 
