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1.82 CLEMENT WElN-- --------\ \MAKANAO\1our more Islamized version because it was felt to be against Islamicdecency, is mentioned here, yet even in this older text there is includedan improvised apology by another pious Muslim informant. It runslike this :The name of its testicles is" Cover for the anus " (and)
" The cover of the backside."Forgive, forgive.Forgive (me), the one who hears (me)And pardon (me) who listens.The name of its organ is" File for the interior,Which will clean the interior."A still bigger difference between the two versions occurs after thelady asks her mother to drive away the suitor. The mother in thisolder version complies with the request telling the suitor that the ladywas already engaged with somebody else:" Oh Mangelen, Mangelen,Truly, you can't chew a quid,For we have no betel-leaves.We have a betel leaf,But it is newly up on a Katurai-tree."This older version ends with the suitor's report to his motherrepeating the various stanzas telling her indirectly that he was not accepted:Regarding Mangelen,I~ie returned without asking permissionAnd went home without saying good-bye.Upon his arrivalHe said to his aunt:" Oh aunt, oh aunt,What kind of people are they!They didn't offer me a quid."As a final remark, the older version although less complex in structure,surely does not lack in poetical elaboration and lyrical quality.The conclusion of the second Islamic version will seem at firstglance to be somewhat out of place. But this is actually not the case,because the ballad implies, or at least does not exclude, the probabilitythat the wedding of the couple will take place. As the highlight of sucha ceremony in Magindanao stories, an admonition would be given to
Page 1 and 2: MandeganIntroduced and translatedCL
Page 3: SOUTHCIIINASAIIANGANI I3AYI'IIILII'
Page 7 and 8: MANDEGANKa'u adapan nu den tanan,-4
Page 9 and 10: I tudtulan ku sagunaKa'u aluyan ka'
Page 11 and 12: 19 Ya ngala nu ampu" ninNa ampik, a
Page 13 and 14: MANDEGANNa isa i magapil-apil'A isa
Page 15 and 16: MANDEGAN 193'-4 mampil den temikega
Page 17 and 18: Na iseg lta sa paidu,Ka ma' su masu
Page 19 and 20: MANDEGANMandai adai dadai adai.Naak
Page 21 and 22: Bpanganganun su Bunged,Ka matag bu
Page 23 and 24: MANDEGANNa ~nakalending sa dusa.Man
Page 25: MANDEGANREFERENCES CITEDGUIAM, Guia

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