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OF JAVA. 23 Pambayu-ne sang kusurao, Hanglir pendah changkir gading, Kababad-ing kamban jinggo, Mantak-mantak hangedani. Bahu gilig haramping, Hanggandewo hasta-nipun, Tangah-he koyo putungo, Driji puchuk-ing ngri, Kanakane hapanjang tuhu hangraras. Wawangkonng papad kumatan, Wantes-se pudak sisili, Dalamakan hanggamparan, Papad sumbar tulis neki, Watarane pawestri, Halayak pajah salulut, Yen chinondro- ing warno, Korang papan luweh tulis Ngulatono satahun mongso hautuko. * Translation. " Let a thousand countries be travelled, and another like you, my love, will not be found ; your face is as the moon, your forehead is alabas- ter. The hair on your temples resembles a string of coins ; your eyebrows the leaf of the Imba ; your soft eyelashes look upwards; your long jet hair falls undulating ; your eyes, sharp-angled, are becoming ; your cheek is the partition of a Duren ; your mouth the fissure of a ripe Mangostin ; your slender nose is becoming. The lock behind your

  • The stanza in which this is written is called Sinom.