38 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1906. 4 
IV. 
Ja-la la%, my Sweet Life /a-la%i, 
My darling and sweet soul 14-14%; 
For thee, dear, I would die 1a-la*7; 
La-la la-la 1a-la-la%. 
Friends, pleasure in this life’s in wealth ; 
Who has a child has pleasure perfect ; 
Who has no child in this world, 
Were he Jamshid imperfect were he. 
Lala 1é-la la-la-la%i. . 
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Lala lala lala 1a-la a-la’%, 
Friends, my sweet son is sleeping d cmiaich = 
Were I to die for him, t’would be but just ; 
La-la la-lé 1a-la la-la la-la’*i, 
Art thou lion, art thou leopard, I know uot ; 
This I know thou’rt struggling with me ; 
La-la la-ai my Sweet Life, 1a-la%. _ 
Friends my son is sweet of speech ; 
He will have a pen and be writer to the Court - 
His clerks. will all be safe from harm, 
La-la la-la la-la lala lala‘, 
