Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

BESISI BETROTHAL RITES 677
tihang, hap layar I'iyn ganti layar, oyn
a mast, if it has-no sail ^ I will provide a sail, I
telong salama' bawau-ha, kom ngot, naha nimul ka-dol
have sought it the-length of sea this, a7td got it not, here /^arrive at country
he, dah piong bunga', piong salama' bawau-ha. Jan 'dah,
your, having smelt the flower, smelt it the-length of sea this. Tired /am
chok-o salama' ha-ah, naha dah bunga'-ah, an pleh
(?/" going indeed so-far as this, this is Z^^; flower, / take the fruit of the
timun ; dah tiba' bau' bunga' ha-ciyn, oyn jet klo, kletcucumber
; has reached the scent of the flower to me, I follow too, /pick it
ah ; agar hap oyn pC-piong pepiong ; hap pipiong agar
up ; if desire not I to-smell it I should have smelt it ; not ' smelling / desire
sabulih-kih, kagar pakom ha-6yn atas he-o
;
agar
as-much-as-possible-that, desiring to-get it for myself from you-indeed ; desiring
kom mui bulan kom ngot, yut wa
;
hak kagar
to get if in one month / get it not, / return not-yet ; this thing / desire
atas he.
from you.
The following is a variant of the latter part of the foregoing dialogue which is
supposed to be made by a man to parents of his beloved.
[After pushing the betel-stand towards them, say] :
Ilak - he', oyn handak telong, tempat sirih.
Property ^you, I desire to-seek, a-stand-for betel.
—
Oyn telong kenon kuda', 'gar sabulih kom-nya.
I am-seeking the young of a horse, /desire very-much to-get it.
Oyn telong pahu'.
I am-seeking a boat,
Hap tihang, oyn ganti tihang,
If it have-no mast, I will provide a mast,
Hap layar, oyn ganti layar.
If it have no sail, I will provide a sail.
Oyn telong sa-lama' laut-ha, kom ngot.
I seek it as-far-as sea-this, but got-it not.
Nahi tiba' dol-he', dah piong bunga' mui jong.^
Now (?) / reach couutry-your, have smelt blossom one foot.
Piong sa-lama' bawau-ha.
/ smelt it as-far-as sea-this.
Jail dah, chok salama' hi-ah.
Weary am / with-roaming as-far-as this-indeed.
Naha dah bunga'-ah.
This is blossom-indeed.
Dah tiba' bau bunga' ha-6yn, 6)01 turut.
Has reached scent