Ende daon ni singke. Against water insects, that destroy the rice on the sawah the owner walks on the sawah dikes, plays on his mouth harp (saga-saga dengdeng) and sings:
Rabi ni rabi mamangka sige bulu on
asa gira husandehon tu bagot sigukguk on
Bali ni bali singke si mandjurur on
unang sai disagehon (read disegahon) eme di haumangkon
Parindahanan tihe isian ni napuranna
bali ma hape singke masitopot ingananna
Simbora nidakdak simbora na. tinuang on
parindahanan tihe isian ni tugo on
Siala pinaspas djagai haumangkon
unang tung dipangan singke eme na husuan on
Marumpak siala ditinggang palang on
namboru mandjarar unang tastas emengkon
Molo dibarbar ho dangka ni antuang on
binuat nama tobu sinasap so tinuhuan
Molo dipangan ho eme di umangkon
salelengmu mangolu sai hita masibunuan.
Then he buries the mouth harp in a sawah dike. This is only done on hauma saba and hauma raoang, not on hauma darat.
Referensi:
(INVENTORIES OF COLLECTIONS OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS by Jan Just Witkam & Ter Lugt Press, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2006, 2007)
PROFESSOR OF PALEOGRAPHY AND CODICOLOGY OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN LEIDEN UNIVERSITY
