And if you perch on a twig, you shall fall headlong,
If you perch on a bough, you shall be killed by a woodcutter,
If you perch on a leaf, you shall be bitten by the leaf-snake,
If you descend to the ground, you shall be bitten by a venomous serpent,
If you fly upwards, you shall be swooped upon by kites and eagles,
(That is) if you descend not.
Cluck, cluck! souls of Queen Kapor, of Princess Puding, and Handmaid Sarap.
Come down and assemble in King Solomon’s audience-hall,
And put on King Solomon’s breast-ornaments and armlets.”
When sprinkling the rice-paste (tĕpong tawar) on the uprights at each corner of the railed-off enclosure, say—