“Peace be with you, Little Sister, Handmaiden Bidah,
Drowse not as you keep watch and ward in the middle of the trunk,
Come and accompany me on my way up this tree.”
Here climb up among the leaf-stalks, lay hold of the central shoot, give it three shakes, and say—
“Peace be with you, Little Sister, Youngest of the Princesses,
Drowse not as you keep watch and ward over the central shoot,
Do you accompany me on my way down this tree.”
Now commence by bending down one of the blossom-sheaths, lay hold of the central shoot, and thrice repeat the following lines:—
“Peace be with your Highnesses, Princesses of the Shorn Hair and (perpetual) Distillation,
Who are (seen) in the curve (lit. swell) and the ebbing away of the Blossom-sheath,