[cclxxv]Pantun describing the effect of the Black Art
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Skeat, Walter William
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59 Bangsa limau hutan. ↑
60Em. ruayat, i.e. kesah. ↑
61Di-surat, i.e. aku. ↑
62Ha, i.e. angkau. (But qu. em. doʿa for de’ ha.) ↑
63 “Penetration is from me,” i.e. “it rests with me whether you penetrate or not.” ↑
64Qu. ia. ↑
65Em. sa-hingga. ↑
66 Gampang (?). ↑
67Rejang, said to be Achinese, equivalent to tinju. ↑
68Tembok = menchedok ayer (?). ↑
69Tang = kita in the spirit language (bhasa hantu). ↑
70Quære. ↑
71Quære. ↑
72Em. Mengadu. ↑
73i.e. Halilintar. These four are the Saudara Ampat. ↑
74Qu. Menunggu. ↑
75Qu. sunggoh-nya. ↑
76 Some word like hantu, puaka, buatan orang, or the like, is missing here. ↑
77 The reading is doubtful; the word might be read berhenti. ↑
78 As in the first section the Naning MS. here has menerka. ↑
79Qu. dia bersunggoh. ↑
80 The substance of the rest of this short treatise will be found in the text. ↑
81 For ʿUtarid. ↑
82 Zuhrah. ↑
83 Mirrikh. ↑
84 Zuhal. ↑
85 Or Zu-’l-hijjah. ↑
86 Inserted from another version, which also gives the numbers of the Abjad; for these vide Hughes’ Dict. of Islam, s.v. ↑
87 From Life and Essays of H. T. Colebrooke, vol. iii. p. 284. ↑
88Qu. memĕrang from prang, or memarang from parang? ↑
89 Lit. the Invisible (or Hidden) Man. ↑
90 Probably Fa is intended, v. inf. ↑
91Qu. Thal or Dal. ↑
92 Explained as yang bising. Kl. “plaaggeest.” ↑
93 Membrum virile. ↑
94 Coitus. ↑
95 Transliteration of the magic letters and figures directed to be used. ↑
96Ia was explained by ’Che Indut as referring to the figure (gambar), not to the person who was to be charmed. A more complete identification of the soul-receptacle with the person it would be hard to find. ↑
97Em. Derhaka. ↑
98 Betuah or petua? ↑