A SEA-DAYAIv DIRGE 
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Penan-nan. Surak 
rabak aku nyau datai 
d i a w a k p e n g g a 1 
penkalan. Amp an ge- 
man aku nyau nunjan 
pengkalan alai nan- 
chang ka sampan 
ruan penchalang. Si- 
kok rusok aku nyau 
datai di tempufcok 
alai nudok tangkong 
labu dalang. 
288—Sitak nyau jejendong 
kra tengkurong re- 
lcong aku nengah 
surong batang, nyau 
ngindik pantai renik 
dada nisik mengka- 
rong labang, nyau 
nunjan tangga ruan 
si da Sabayan dila- 
p a n b 1 a s kengkang, 
nyau meraka p a 1 a 
tangga digaga aja 
baka pala asu meng- 
kuang, sitak nyau te- 
tanjan nuju ruai sida 
Jiram apai Sebengan 
manok menang; lalu 
niri ka seligi manah 
mati gembar bera- 
y a n g, nyandih ka 
trabai sida menya- 
Avai lantang clitege- 
lang. 
Laboh Penan-nan, my 
Amice has been heard at 
the landing place, m3" 
teeth have bitten on the 
landing place Avhere 
people tie their boats 
from the ruan beams at 
the boAvs, the sound of my 
lungs has reached the 
little hill Avhere people 
stand their dalang gourds 
Avith pipes. 
The sweetness of my voice 
has travelled gracefully" 
along the made batang 
path, and has been heard 
on the made steps which 
are like the breast of a 
held lizard, and has echo¬ 
ed on the eighteen- 
stepped ruan stair-case 
of the people at Hades, 
an d has resounded 
over the top of the stair¬ 
case made like the long 
head of a dog, aye e\"en 
has thundered torvards 
the reception room of Ji¬ 
ram the father of Sebe¬ 
ngan the victorious cock ; 
it has set upright a most 
beautiful Seligi together 
Avith a Brayang, and has 
caused to lean the shield 
of Menyawai Avhich has a 
large handle. 
289—“Kait ka sarang Jelu “Hook your scabbard Jelu 
Rengayong uchong Remaung which lspoint- 
disimbang, kait k a ed one side at the top, 
ma kita Salau Lam- hang up your baggage, 
ba digaga ngena be- Salau Lamba, which is 
ruai jarang, klisi ka well made and sparsely" 
kalambi lempai ka di plaited, take off your 
pemanggai p u r a n g coats and hang them on 
balang, begari kita the shelf above, which is 
Mengkuli enggau s i - made of purang balang 
£88 .—Seligi is a spear made of palm wood. Brayang' is a fish-spear with 
an arrow-shaped head. 
