578 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1911. 
BABU Bute SincH anp SEMBAT’s Sona. 
The following is a song of Babi Bhip Singh of the Forest 
Department, who fell in love with a woman of the Lippa village 
named Sembat, whom he left when transferred from Bashéhr 
Division, and took all the ornaments from her ; she gave them 
back saying that they are worth of her two fields’ price. 
Barjit morabo kumo ; Barjit nyotang chimet ; 
Barjit nyotang chimet, Sembat dang Naryang ; 
binthin té Narydng, bahd té Sembét. 
Bhip Singh Babi lotash, chhatkang zdlmig bitak ; 
chhatkang zilmig berang, yitung Sembdat ting-gyos ; 
Toling Chingmdng sintang, Sembdti gare dakhat. 
Omsta také Barjit chimet, hun ta hachis tarziv chimet. 
_ Bhip Singh Babi kochydng, marjydd ma lin-gyos ; 
marjydd ma lin lin, guds dhagulo kholyd-gyos. 
Sembatas dakk léshid, dhigulo fini firayin, 
dhégulo fima firayin, shum dérit molang ; 
dhigulo hé li shetak, Sembiti prdlab ton-md. 
Translation. 
mukhiyd ? : 
Where am I to putup?’’ “There in the house of Barji, 
N ear the arch of the house,’’ replied mukhiyd. 
Barji has two daughters named Sembat and Naryang. 
Sembat and Naryang are both very pretty. 
Bhap Singh Babi said, ‘‘ Let us go and see the temple up 
se be 3 
in the house. 
When going up to the temple, he saw Barji’s daughter, 
Sembat 
Seeing her he forgot to look at the templ 
ple. a 
This year, hear the court-yard of the temple of Changmang 
at the fair of Chaéngmang, rumours of their friendship 
spread. 
' Jatigram is the name of a ghort in Shawa pargand. 
