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TEXT OF BESISI SONGS 647<br />

Benchop ^ seloloyn - cheliau-^ ber-lem-lem.<br />

Stalk him warily, look very carefully.<br />

Mamat Solong, Mamat Alang.<br />

Mamat Solong and Mamat Alang.<br />

Yak,'* ai !<br />

Elder-bro<strong>the</strong>r, oho !<br />

Siamang kedim duh.<br />

Yek, ai ! gul-leh ding biau.<br />

Elder-bro<strong>the</strong>r, oho !<br />

<strong>the</strong> Siamang now runj.<br />

take-<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> bamboo blowpipe.<br />

Gul blau ding klau bunga'.^<br />

Take <strong>the</strong> blowpipe <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bamboo scored vjith patterns.<br />

He subai cheh " kakom.<br />

Do you try upas-poison /£7-implant.<br />

He subai" cheh benani.<br />

Do you try upas-poison to insert.<br />

Lo lekuis, kom domok dah.<br />

Shoot and it sticks, got him <strong>the</strong> dart has.<br />

Yek, ai, cheliau Siamang-nong.<br />

Elder-bro<strong>the</strong>r, oho ! watch Siamang-just.<br />

Ka-kua',** kuh-dah Siamang.<br />

Cough-cough %'omited-has <strong>the</strong> Siamang.<br />

Cheliau Siamang prom'-' perteng.'*'<br />

\Vatch <strong>the</strong> Siamang fall -vith a clatter.<br />

Yek, ai ! Siamang dah bedok.<br />

Elder-bro<strong>the</strong>r, oho ! <strong>the</strong> Siamang has fallen.<br />

Klek-leh, ai ! rongko-royon."<br />

Carry /4?>«-<strong>the</strong>n, oho? bent-a«(/-bo\ved.<br />

Klek^^ .Jeh^ ai I Siamang ha-o.<br />

Carry-<strong>the</strong>n, oho ! Siamang this-indeed.<br />

Telong-telong rangas ludan.<br />

Seek, seek branches <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ludan.<br />

Telong-telong rangas changan.<br />

Seek, seek branches <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> changgan.<br />

Telong angeng he layu ^^ Siamang.<br />

Seek firelogs you to scorch <strong>the</strong> Siamang.<br />

Telong-telong pcdas chanchang.<br />

Seek-seekyi?r seasoning (t/" chanchang.<br />

1 " Benchop" = "endap," to stalk. " »«Cheh," or "ches" (Bes. for<br />

2 = " P'lahan- plahan," probably Mai. "ipoh").<br />

reduplicated from " sa-loyn-loyn." ^ = Mai. " choba.<br />

3 " Cheliau," not " chelui," appears * = Mai. " bato' luak,"<br />

to be <strong>the</strong> correct reading. ^ =Mal. " rebah."<br />

^ "Yek" is a variant reading for ^^ =Mal. " berdebum " ; or to fling<br />

" lek," here and elsewhere. oneself with a crashing noise through<br />

•'' This passage depends on <strong>the</strong><br />

meaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> phrases "ding klau<br />

bunga'," and " ding klampcnai," which<br />

maybe kinds <strong>of</strong> bamboo, or "decorated"<br />

branches,<br />

11 =Mal. " terbongko'-bongko'."<br />

i- = Mai. " dokong."<br />

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