Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

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Badak chok yal ha-chong.
Zy/^-Rhinoceros that walkj and ascend.r to the-hillj.
Badak chok di-ampa' jemu.'
The Rhinoceros that walkjr at " out-crop dry."
Nama akal lawan badak ?
What device have I to resist /'/'^-Rhinoceros?
Tcmong kawan, kawan hap.
/call viy comrade.f, }iiy comrades are lacking.
Mah gli, yal ha-long,
A man - frightened, / climb-up a tree,
Badak dudui di-tekah d'long.
But M^-Rhinoceros wait.f at-tfie base of-the tree.
Tegot rhak kawin ha-teh.
/ break a branch and throw // to-ground.
Kageng badak, badak bra't.
Bitej- // ///(f-rhinoceros, and M^-rhinoccros passt'^-.
Oyn chelui klo, duh-leh ha-dong,
I descend too, and run then homewards,
Yal ha-dong jet-leh badak.
And climb into the house, hut followj-then ///^-rhinoceros.
Gul snapang tembak badak.
/ take w/jj^-gun and shoot ///.r-rhinoccros.
Kom puru dah, badak dah bedcik.
Hit him ///^-bullet done, Mif-rhinoceros done fall.
Dah layu Lante-leh badak.
Done scorch him quarter then the Rhinoceros.
Jon nachar nuintet mulih.
Give /^-eat a-litlle to each one.
Chumbu jual " jebah China".
TV/if-horn sell /(^-foreigners ^-China.
A'a. The Tiger.
A'a' ru' di-chen tanjong.
The Tiger roarj at the end of the point.
Nama kagar ? kagar nachar.
What does he want ? he wants to eat.
Nachar dena' nachar ketur.
To eat wild-fowl, eat wild-pig.
Nachar rusa' nachar kanchel.
To eat sambhur-deer, eat kanchil.
A'a' blang sebrang bawau.
The Tiger striped that crosses the sea.
Odd yong dalam bilang.
Do-not forget this in the telling.
Koi-leh teh nakeh teh a'a'.
The headj-indeed of the land they are the land of the Tiger.
' =Mal. [batu] ampar jemor? v. p. 642, 11. 2, infra.
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