62 A SEA-DAYAK DIRGE. 
247— “Penempa o r a n g t i 
kita bai ari terata 
ujan nyala lab oh 
bemiang mesi mesi, 
kali ka indu kali ka 
laki?” 
248— “Ti kami undan di 
penchalang ukai ma- 
nang ukai menani, 
indu me tu ukai 
pungka laki.” 
249— “Tu enda Lebah in- 
dai Tipah Lang Tar- 
ang ? Endai! e 111 i 
pia ngetu me unggal 
kita. Kami ka mai 
kita betuju ka limau 
antu bepuak ka te- 
maga; ka mai kita 
betetak ka tebelian 
landak beranak serta 
dua.” 
250— “Enggai kami ditum- 
bang umang seranta- 
ranta, kami ti lenyau 
tu budau diau di me- 
noa, kami ti rempi 
t u s i m p i enda. se- 
gala nyaut Tembai 
Sugi Lawai L a u t 
Senganan, nyaut ka 
Ulup Saputut L a - 
bong Kanggan. 
251— “Kita ti tumbang 
ngumbai diri umang, 
aku tentang 1 eb eh 
pengraja: kita ti 
lenyau ngumbai diri 
budau, aku peda kita 
pemadu kekira. Aku 
udah meda luan kita 
dientam tajau mena- 
ga. Kita sigi betirik, 
‘baka ai betirih ma- 
nis,’ kita sigi betam- 
“To what sex does the per¬ 
son belong that you have 
brought from the shower 
whilst the sun is shining, 
is it a woman or a man?” 
“That which we brought in 
the boat is neither a mere 
manang or an exalted 
one, it is a woman and 
not a man.” 
“Is this not Lebah the 
mother of Tipah Lang 
Tarang? Dear me! if so 
stop ye friends. We are 
going to invite you to 
aim at a demon like lime, 
whose centre is brass ; we 
are going to invite you 
also to cut a porcupine 
iron wood, having two 
young plants at the same 
time.” 
“Indeed no, we that are 
dead are ever poor, we 
that are lost were sinful 
in the world, we that are 
pressed down are ever 
one-sided and not round;” 
answered Tembai Sungi 
Lawai Laut Senganan, 
answered Ulup Saputut 
Labong Kanggan. 
“Ye that are dead assumed 
yourselves to be poor, I 
observe ye to be very 
rich : ye that are lost con¬ 
sidered yourselves sinful, 
I see ye are wondrously 
well-behaved. I have seen 
how that part of your 
room where you store your 
jars is full of old menaga 
jars. Ye are indeed in¬ 
heriting, ‘as water in- 
