Kanda sewanaṭa aedapannē
“Strike thou there and here a blow;
Knocks upon the cheeks bestow;
Drag him to the hill’s shadow,”
the Jackal Paṇḍitayā said.
Hampottayi tō gannē
Mālu tika maṭa dennē.
Then he said—
“’Tis the skin will be for thee,
The little flesh thou’lt give to me.”