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Vol. IV, No. 7.] Some Songs of Chitral. ; 387 
[N.S.] 
(12) Infidel, come forth and sit without upon the warm 
and. The people have taken away thy papers; write upon thy 
oh. 
Strange, infidel, 
LITERAL TRANSLATION. 
(1) My light to me cometh, she is as a ruby in the land; 
asa pearl in the hand of a cuckold is she. My charm of the 
world, a houri art thou. My crystal glass, art thou darkened ? 
At the word of a peevish hag art thou estranged. 
(2) I am as dust upon the earth, thou, beautiful, art a 
pearl. At the airs of Balkh do i pledge sd life for thee. 
My rm of the world, 
(3) Fain ar I come = see the ‘lofty balcony in thy 
courtyard. Man’s heart is tough, else fain would I have died. 
My charm of the world, 
