Sabak - Robert Menua Saleh (Kuching : Tun Jugah Foundation, 2000)
'This book contains full texts of major varieties of Iban dirge, Sabak Bangkai and Sabak Lumbung, commonly used in Kapit and Sibu Divisions of Sarawak. Sabak is a dirge written in classical Iban language. It is a poem of ament for the dead, narrating the journey of his/her soul from the land of the living and the dead called Sebayan. In this book, professional singers of the dirge will be taking the readers, together with the soul of the deceased, along the journey between these two worlds, passing by the various dwellings of forest and abodes of the sacred birds and animals, etc.'--Publisher's website.
Keywords: Folk literature, Iban; Iban (Borneon people) -- Malaysia -- Sarawak -- Rites and ceremonies; Iban poetry; Folk poetry, Iban