48 A SEA-DAYAK DIRGE. 
151— “Pinang ti bangat 
mansau cli prempong 
udah diketas enggau 
pedang simpong, di- 
tinggang ka di Ba- 
tang Bebiong awak 
ka ambis pumpong 
di prabong tunggal 
tulang.” 
152— “P i n a n g p e n g u j i 
udah diketas enggau 
besi bari ditinggang 
ka di Mepi awak ka 
ambis inati enggau 
Tinting Lalang." 
i53"Pinang kunchit tu da, 
unggal, tua rait eng¬ 
gau ruit mat a bra- 
yang." 
154— “Nyau maioh pinang 
mudus, tak merapoh 
enda alah singkang.” 
155— '“Pinang ridan enda 
alah san penegar tu¬ 
lang.' 4 
156—Nurun iiunda iko en- 
turan tunggang. 
Melurut nunda but tu- 
pai sabang. 
t 57—Terengkah di tanah 
baka ti olih na'ras 
mauk ngelumbang, 
Terengkah di tanah 
burak nyubak baka 
ti kena timbak leka 
snap an g. 
“The over-ripe arecanuts in 
the bunch have been cut 
off with a simpong sword 
and dropped in the Be¬ 
biong stream, in order 
that all those who are 
living under one roof, 
under a single roof-tree, 
may be utterly cut off.” 
“The tempting arecanuts 
have been cut off 
with steel and dropped in 
the Mepi waters in order 
that all may die out to¬ 
gether with the people of 
Tinting Lalang." 
“There remain still the kun¬ 
chit arecanuts ; friend, let 
us pull them down with 
the barbs of our hsh- 
spears." 
“There are any number of 
arecanuts, (piled) in a 
heap one cannot s t e p 
over." 
“The ridan arecanuts are so 
numerous that they can¬ 
not be carried on the 
shoulders though we try 
w i t h o u r u t m o s t 
strength." 
They descend like the sloth 
goes down. 
They slice down like the 
evil-smelling sabang 
squirrel is wont to do. 
They fall on to the ground 
and it becomes as if it 
were ploughed up, 
They fall on the white 
clay and it appears as if 
it had been turned up 
with bullets. 
lod. — The simpovg sword is supposed to cut off anytlxi.ua at one blow. 
