Malayan Literature_ Comprising Romantic Ta - Unknown

    And powerful    now,    and master  of  us  here.

    The King    hath    now become  his son-in-law."

    Then    Sinapati    went    within  the gates

    And saw his mother  there.  Her heart   was touched.

    She kissed  him and inquired,   "Whom   hast    thou    brought?"

    "It is  a   friend,"    he  answered.   "Come,  my  lord,"

    She to  the young   prince  said,   "enter  and rest."

    "He's   so  like    Bidasari,"  to  herself

    She said.   "What   is  thy name,   my  brave   young   man,

    Thou    seemest nobly   born.   In  very    truth

    Thou'rt handsome    and well    mannered."  Then    the prince

    Said:   "Poutra Bangsawan   I'm called. Thy son

    I've    followed    here."  But Sinapati    paid

    Him homage, and they    knew    him for a   prince.

    Before  his door    young   Sinapati    slept

    At  night   to  guard   him safe.   Next    day there   came

    An  invitation  from    Lila    Mengindra

    (Before,    Djouhara).  So  they    started forth.

    Lila    Mengindra   was astonished  quite

    To  see the prince's    face    so  beautiful.

    "Who    is  this    most    distinguished   stranger    here?"

    He  asked   himself.    "My master, speak   a   word

    To  Poutra  Bangsawan,  a   friend  of  mine,"

    Said    Sinapati.   So  the old man turned

    And spoke   unto    the prince, "Come   here,   my  son,

    And sit thee    near    thy father."    He  felt    drawn

    To  him,    he  looked  so  much    like    Bidasari.

    The young   prince  smiled  and on  the dais    sat.

    "What   is  thy visit's purpose?"   then    inquired

    The good    old man.    The prince  with    bows    polite

    Replied:    "I'm    but a   humble  stranger,   come

    To  find    my  sister. I   bespeak thine   aid."

    "Be not afraid, my  son,    but trust   in  me,

    Nor fear    to  give    thy sister's    name.   If  thou

    Wilt    have    it  so  I'll    take    thee    for a   son;

    I   love    thee    for thou    hast    a   face    so  like

    My  daughter's."    Then    the brave   young   prince  began

    And told    his sister's    story,  how she was

    In  time    of  stress  abandoned   on  the shore.