A SEA-DAYAK DIRGE. 
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179—Nyau niki di rumah 
sa pintu sa lawang, 
sa atap sa penukang. 
180— Lalu tepeda ka aki 
Raja Magoh, ti nge- 
rrreran ka pun buloh 
betri, 
Tepeda ka aki tuai 
mangkang bedang 
api. 
181— Nyau ngebu ka pintu 
bandir tapang, 
Tama serta nukang ka 
lawang. 
182— Nyau datai di san¬ 
ding bilek lantang, 
Tanggong enggau 
jaong buah brang. 
183— Trima enggau tapa 
jari ngengkang; 
Sambut enggau kukut 
baka baut tampong 
tulang. 
184 — (Kami kenudi ka ru¬ 
in all sa pintu sa la¬ 
wang sa atap sa pe¬ 
nukang, 
Kami turun tangga tu- 
kun pun t a n g g a 
grunggang). 
185 — Nyau datai di tengah 
laman alai muai ru¬ 
in an sa 1 eman padi 
mawang. 
Nyau dikejang ku nie- 
noa siga pemambus 
mu n soli, 
They go up into the house, 
the house having but one 
door and one room, one 
roof and one roof open¬ 
ing. 
And they behold Grand¬ 
father Raja Magoh who 
owns the clump of betri 
trees. 
They behold the old 
grand-father (I say) 
warming himself at the 
fire. 
They fling open the door, 
the door made of a ta¬ 
pang buttress, 
And enter in as the door 
opens. 
They come into the annex 
of the spacious room, 
And take the chunam with 
their jaong-leaf decorated 
hands (lit: biceps). 
They receive it with the 
palms of their hands that 
bear the criss-cross lines ; 
They receive it with the 
nails that are like a 
curved knife with a bone 
handle. 
(We leave behind the 
house with the one door 
and one room, with the 
one roof and one roof- 
opening, 
We descend the tukun 
ladder—the head of the 
grunggang-wood ladder.) 
They arrive at the open 
space in front of the house 
where is thrown away the 
chaff of the paddy called 
mawang. 
They leave the disturbed 
country that is frequented 
by enemies, 
