1921.) Three Tibetan Repartee Songs. 313 
G. You empty beauty from the upper valley, 1 have 
the honour to wish you farewe 
n the lower valley I have found (another) snotty. 
Nore 1.—‘‘ Snotty.”’ This inelegant word cannot be translated 
differently. Lys se He 
3. B. O little bird on the willow tree, don’t twitter so 
much. 
ou have anything to say, come out (from your hiding 
place and come) here near me. 
4. G. at the willow shakes i is by virtue of the nature 
of the air-elem 
Little bird, don’t feel anxiety, the roots have (firmly) 
aie the groun 
. B. What is in your mind? Speak frankly to me 
I cannot 2 ce in words of prophecy with the occult know- 
ledge of a Padm 
Nore 2.--The seul knowledge of Padmasambhava. 
6. G. True, I have found a bis but whether it was 
a good or a bad one I had no chance to ou 
all-pervading Master God, may it ies to be a flawless 
eantpee 
Nor bon — der liebe Herrgott, God spoken of in a con- 
fidential, rier manne 
B. Please, you, who are a Chinese turquoise, don’t 
block the Tibetan turquoise’ s way. 
Please, you all-men’s slut, don’t stand in the way of those 
who are properly married. 
8. G. You old scarecrow, if you have got a cold in the 
ead, 
I will give you (some soup) of boiled bone of a dry dog’s 
ad. 
To the right a walnut tree, to the left an apple- 
tree. 0 great chatterbox, I have spent my life in happiness. 
10. G. There is no question of eating the peaches though 
the tree is full of fruits. 
There is no ee of seeking the sweetheart, though 
gossip is full of ramours 
bic as bk out to stitch a male boot, but it turned out 
in female sha 
I think ee is certainly a karmic tie (between us), don’t 
make yourself too difficult. 
Nore 4.—Tibetan boots are different in shape for men and women. 
