Jangan angkau meniakat-meniakit pada tuboh badan-ku.In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful,
Peace be on thee, O Si Jidi, husband of Mah Jadah.Go thou and hunt in the forest of Ranchah Mahang.
Katapang is the name of thy hill,
Si Langsat is the name of thy dog,
Si Kumbang is the name of thy dog,
Si Nibong is the name of thy dog,
Si Pintas is the name of thy dog,
Si Aru-Aru is the name of thy dog,
Timiang Balu is the name of thy blow-pipe
Lankapuri is the name of thy spear,
Singha-buana is the name of its blade,
The peeling-knife with a long handle
Is to split in twain the fibrous betel-nut.
Here is a knife from Maharaja Guru,
To cleave the bowels of the Hunter-Spirit.
I know the origin from which thou springest,
O man of Katapang.
Get thee back to the forest of Ranchah Mahang.
Afflict not my body with pain or disease.“In charms intended to guard him who repeats them, or who wears them written
on paper, against the evil influences of the Spectre Huntsman, the names of the
dogs, weapons, etc., constantly vary. The origin of the dreaded demon is always,
however, ascribed to Katapang^23 in Sumatra. This superstition strikingly
resembles the European legends of the Wild Huntsman, whose shouts the
trembling peasants hear above the storm. It is, no doubt, of Aryan origin, and,
coming to the Peninsula from Sumatra, seems to corroborate existing evidence
tending to show that it is partly through Sumatra that the Peninsula has received
Aryan myths and Indian phraseology. A superstitious prejudice against the use
of bamboo in making a step-ladder for a Malay house and against drying clothes
outside a house on poles stuck into the framework, exists in full force among the
Pêrak Malays.