B86 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (July, 1908. 
(12) Kafiré, béri niséh ! 
Béri pech ebughura nishéh ! 
Kaghazanroi awan 
Tu tan dughura ‘fiwishéh ! i 
*Ajab, Kafi 
mS vg 
IL—LOVE SONGS. 
2. A Love Sona, 
The singer compares his beloved toa ruby, a pearl, a houri 
a crystal mirror; him 5 
(cuckold) refers to the beloved’s mrigoky and 
‘Jalad waw’ to an old woman, probably employed a go- 
between in the earlier stages of the love affair 
‘ Balkho ziarat’ means the famous shrine at Mazar-i-Sharif, 
at which sardine to K. S. Abdul Hakim offerings are left by 
the distressed ‘“‘on condition of their prayers being. granted.” 
The singer very hice represents his life as devoted there for 
the success of his lov 
Durdano vhokee d: yuso phana shér, 
Hs har Wadi os: 
Jalad wawo lyua tu khir biti asus, 
(2) Daq zamina cbhnuti, khoshroi tu durdana ; 
Pee Balkho z iarata ma jan ta a shukrana. 
Ma mirzaé alam, ... A iN 
(3) Ta ana zhang nakh lolan ma Det hau. 
Admio dang jan, muni briko b 
Ma mirzaé — _ 
3. A Love Sone. 
3. The lover belongs to Réshun and his beloved to the 
yillage of Shugrém, almost opposite Réshun, across the river. 
The motif of the song needs no explanation. In the fourth verse 
occurs a very picturesque mcs ishqo alandaér=‘a rovi 
friar of the order of Love.’ ‘Alghana in the fifth verse means 
Dir and Swat and the other — countries to the south of 
Chitral, The second line of verse 5 may be conceived as 
addressed to a flock of crows whien cawing has interrupted the 
meditations of the devout lover. 
The refrain seems to embody a general reflection, not to 
tell the praise of the particular beloved. The point of the 
antithesis seems to be that there is no monotony in the charms 
of a woman, unlike those of scenery, although she may turn a 
deaf ear to the lover. 
EP eau dae : Se 
oll AMS Ease eagieed, kei 
