“Come down, pigeons, in your myriads,
And perch upon the ‘Ivory Hall,’
(That is) carpeted with silver, and railed with amalgam,
(Come down) to the dishes of Her Highness Princess Lebar Nyiru (Broad-sieve).”[51]
The “dishes of Her Highness Princess Broad-sieve” cleverly suggest an abundance of provender such as is likely to appeal to a hungry bird!
In another version the three Princesses are invited to enter the “Palace Tower” called “Fatimah Passes” (Mahaligei Fatimah Lalu).
Moreover those who issue the invitation are no respecters of persons:—
“Let those which are near, arrive the first,
Let those which are far off be sent for,
Let those which have eggs, leave their eggs,