Malayan Literature_ Comprising Romantic Ta - Unknown

    A   hatred  in  thy soul    against us  now.

    The will    of  God is  now made    manifest.

    We  long    have    separated   been.   At  last

    We  see each    other   with    our very    eyes.

    Great   wrong   we  did thus    to  abandon thee,

    But still   let not thy heart   a   stranger    be

    To  us. Peace   later   came    to  our dear    land—

    Such    was our destiny.    What    could   we  do?

    We  were    in  flight. We  thought,    'May    God decree

    Some    honorable   man shall   find    her here!'

    How can we  now be  glad    enough  'twas   thus

    Ordained!   What    recompense  can we  present?"

    Sweet   Bidasari    wept    as  she recalled

    The past.   The King    her husband was much    moved,

    And felt    great   pity    when    her tears   he  saw.

    And all were    sad with    sorrow  mixed   with    joy,

    Because they    knew    she was of  royal   birth.

    Food    now was served, and quickly the dyangs

    Brought salvers for the princes.    The two kings

    Ate of  the rice    till    they    were    surfeited,

    Then    to  their   children    offered it. All took

    The siri    placed  before  them,   and straightway

    Themselves  anointed    with    rare    perfumes    sweet.

    When    all had eaten,  the five    royal   ones

    Lila    Mengindra   called, and gave    to  him

    The remnants    of  the feast.  The kings   then    spoke

    To  him and to  his wife.   They    both    bowed   low

    And kissed  the royal   hands.  Then    said    the King

    Of  Kembajat:   "My children,   I   had planned—

    In  case    we  ever    met on  earth   and ere

    The prey    of  death   became—a    feast   to  give,

    To  last    a   month,  and to  it  ye  invite.

    In  triumph I   my  daughter    fain    would   bear,

    With    all of  ye. I   would   at  once    repair

    Unto    the isle    of  Nousa   Antara,

    And there   I'd hold    a   royal   festival

    With    all the members of  our family,

    And all the bitis,  mandars,    and dyangs.

    Such    was my  plan—if ever    I   should  find