﻿454 AN ACCOUNT OF THE BAZEEGURS, 



sion of doubt tliey have a quotation ready from their 

 favourite bard ; and in answer tp my queries respect-^ 

 ino- tbe state of the soul after death, one of them re- 

 pcated the tollowmg stanza : 



Munmoo^a nu ma^e^a moo.ee mur mur gu^e sureer, 

 Asa tishna nu moo^ee kuh gu^e das Kubeer. 



These lines in that philosopher's works are said to 

 be Uiore « oriectiy written ^ 



Mae^a muree nu mun mura nnii- mur gy,a sureer, 

 Asa tisna na mi/ee yo« kut^hgu^e Kubter. 



Which may be tljus rendered, 



Nor soul nor love divine can die, 



Although our Frame must perish here, 



Still longing hope points to the sky ; 

 Thus sings the poet Tins Kubeer. 



They conceive one spirit pervades all nature, and 

 that their soul being a particle of that universal spi- 

 rit, will of course rejoin it, when released- from its 

 corporeal shackles. 



At all their feasts, M'hich are as frequent as the 

 means will admit, men, women, and children drink 

 to excess. Liquor with them is the sumnmm homim 

 of life; every crime may be expiated by plentiful li- 

 bations of strong drink : whence it follows that any 



person 



certain that his name is held in great veneration by these two very dif- 

 ferent people ; those called Kubeer- punt^hee feem nevertheless to have 

 rather more of the Hindoo than Moojulman in their composition, which 

 so far decides the contest in their favour. 



