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of Sumatra, is among the few pantuns that are sufficiently intelligible to an European:—

Apa guna pasang pâlita
Jika tiyada dângan sumbuña
Apa guna bârmayin mata.
Kalu tiyada dângân sunguña,

What is the use of lighting a lamp
If it be without a wick?
What is the use of playing with the eyes
If you be not in earnest?

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