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 of Sumatra, is among the few pantuns that are sufficiently intelligible to an European:—

Apa guna pasang pâlita Jika tiyada dângan sumbuña Apa guna bârmayin mata. Kalu tiyada dângân sunguña,

What is the use of lighting a lamp If it be without a wick? What is the use of playing with the eyes If you be not in earnest?