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A SEA-DAYAIv DIRGE. 
Nyau mansa panyun 
chundongendor 
nvandik ka seraong 
sundang jernang. 
193— Nyau telanjan ngin- 
dik jamban beletan 
punggang, 
Sitak nyau beguai si- 
duai nengah jalai be- 
sai udah dirandang, 
194— Nyau nengah panti 
tanah o 1 i h n a r a s 
mauk ngelumbang, 
Myau datai siduai be- 
kia ka suka sabang 
enseluang. 
195— Sitak nyau ditunjan 
tangga ruan delapan- 
blas kengkang, 
Meraka pala tangga 
nabong mengen g- 
kang. 
196— Nibas tebelayar baka 
tipan sayap duan le- 
layang, 
Nyau ngembing din- 
ding baka pesiring 
sirang sengkajang. 
They pass by the panyun 
tree all aslant, on which 
are set out to dry one 
above the other the sun 
hats stained with jernang. 
They cross the bridge the 
logs of which have their 
ends fixed one into an¬ 
other, 
They hasten along the 
high-road which has been 
cleared, 
They go up the earthern 
steps that have been e x - 
cava ted with much 1 a - 
bour (lit: force). 
They come past the ense¬ 
luang croton leaving it 
on their left. 
They step on to the ruan 
wood ladder with its 
eighteen notches, 
And cross the head of the 
ladder which is carved 
with the dog’s tooth 
pattern. 
They pass the end of the 
house which is walled 
like the c 1 o s e -1 y i n g 
(feather) of the swallow’s 
wings, 
They pass alongside the 
wall which shows in it 
grain stripes like the 
sengkajang wood. 
197— Patong siduai teti- Their knees brush against 
gong ka lesong ruan the ruan wood mortars 
tetunggang ; which fall over ; 
“O, nyau datai Ulup “Oh, you have arrived Ulup 
Slelabat S 1 eb a t an, S1 e 1 ab a t Slebatan and 
Bujang Lempong Bujang Lempong Sle- 
Slebungan.” bungan.” 
198— “Nya . tenturan alai “This is the place where 
ngentak ka tenteran you can stand your spear 
sangkoh lunju, shafts, 
