“ Dan amem | nay6ng gita jpl . : ' . 9 : :: i .
" Pagutena | yen wus samekta 6ng wuwhs i] '
“ Den panggah | ay’wa miyagah p
“ Pilih ta J kawadeng wadi |
The manners of men. should be eorrect;
And in adopting an accurate cqnduct,
Let your speech be modest and unassuming. • :
When thinking, let your countenance appear unruffled;; '
And when your words are prepared; deliver them.
Be firm, but on no account bigotted,
Lest you be held in contempt.
-ndjiMA, ..
which, according as it is chaunted, is called serang, rangsdng, beddya,
madtira, and Polar an.
(Consisting o f seven lines, terminating in the uowelsounds, a, i, a,-a, i, a aM L )
“ Masjideka [ kabatulah ika praydga».|“?'
“ Payu | tiniru sami |
Gawi kabatulah*|
“ Sigra mantuk prasamia j}
“ Wong Abesah j sirengprapti j|.m
“ Ing nagarania |
“ Anulia J yasa sami
The temple of Kabatulah is most excellent, •
Come, let lis all imitate it;
And build another Kabatulah.
They then returned to their home,
And when the people of Abdsah arrived
A t their country,
They immediately commenced the work.
The sekdrs kindnti and m ijil are sometimes classed under the common or
modem measures. The following are examples of those measures.
KiNAkri, ’ gi • ; I ;i" ;
(Consisting o f six lines, terminating in the vowel sound, u, i, a, i, a and i.)
“ Ake wong J sanak sadulur ||
“ Tan kadia j;1 Sugriwa. bali |j
“ Sapolah 1 tingkania pada j|
“ Moang shara f iirpa1^ anitng’glM't
“ Kadia rfgilsnff lan waya'ngfgjtl}f.jfV
“ Kewran m m raina epg.ati ,
Most people have brotbers and, relatives;* ri £
But not'snch as Sugriwa and Pali. <- <
Then actious and con'duct werebbth alike,
And their Voice and form was one and th e sariieJ ,
The^ Were like e'ach other 'even as a substance-and its shadow,
- And the mind of R dm a M k d s ^ ) ‘was’ , confused in distinguishing
betweeii thefh. 3
(Consisting o f s tr ik e s ; terminating in thepowel 1 sounds, ! o|- ' i, and u.)
“ Rima pbijShg'| memak.tur awxllslll
“ Urab urab awor j] \
“ Lir manj’angan j katarwari solahjSir®^"
“ Brang’os telnet |,yayah Hr.minangsl j|i. '
“ Dia wirun tinulls ||f.,
“ Warnani abagus ||T jjjj
His long and waiving hair was;of a greenish hue
Intermixed with flowers,
His action like that o f a wqundedadeer,'.'1
And his mustachios fine and dark; as if pencilled.
He-resembled the picture o f Wirun (the brother of Panji).
Most beautiful was his complexion.
The following are examples of some 1 oft ithe c measures adopted by the
inhabitants of BdU. The three first J are in the language of the country
people; the others are extracted from one. of. their, modern'compositions.
“ Kadi jaran
** j^ang’aruh duag mapola •
“ Pang’ang’gong niane lueh
“ Mapelag-pelagan
“ Mandadi •