The Kéang Yéw Sze

See how the Keang’s great branches flow,
Here leave its stream, and there back go!
When first our lady came as bride,
She would not have us by her side.
She would not have us by her side ;
But soon.a better course she tried.

The islets part the Keang’s broad course,
Which soon resumes its wonted force.
When first as bride our lady came,
To be with us she thought it shame.
To be with us she thought it shame ;
Ere long she knew she was to blame.

The To streams, from the river led,
Flow devious, and rejoin its bed.
When first we saw our lady here,
She would not deign us to come near.
She would not deign us to come near;
But to a song she changed her sneer.