586 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1911. 
Translation. 
**Q all you friends, ’tis better to live in Pilo, 
But I feel much unhappiness ’’—‘‘ If you feel unhappiness, 
Then come up in safety, the wind is blowing gently. 
If the air does not blow, the boughs of the trees will not 
shake.’’ 
Zindup Darze went to Shilis’ house, 
And there he plays his pipe. 
What is the theme he sings to his pipe ? 
To his pipe he is singing his young friend’s message :— 
‘* When will the Sherkhan fair! at Kanam take place ?”’ 
** On the 3rd of Katik.’’ 
What a wondrous and crowded gathering it is ! 
All the youth of Shumchho ghori assembles there, and 
among the Shumchho youths, 
The rich man’s son Zindup Darze is running here and 
there. 
Looking down from the verandah of the house, 
He finds his father’s adopted brother there. 
The Story of Raja Nal and his queen Damayanti in the} , .; 
Kandwar language.” 
f gydlbo Nal rang gydlmo Durmandi takesh. Som gydlbot 
shishim bimigt bero gydlmé chéto toshis tatash. Toshishi khat 
ldno tatash. I melingté den chdé puno tash, de melingu den nyord 
punotash ; i melingt den rot lénotash, de melingt den rall pado- 
tash. Gydlbo Nal shishim bibi pyd chumtatash. Pydt ndmang 
thi di? Ndmang té chyiiti di. Chum chum chdto kashid dush. 
Gydlbos ant gydlmopang loshid, ya Durmandi, khat lan lan 
jupang bhdduo sheyin, bhdduo she-she melingt den pdt, melingts 
shing sheyth ; shing she-she khwdchim sheyit. Dak gydlbo he li 
airango bishid. I pdntig kdshid, da li ant nari khwéchmo 
rdnshid. Khdi zdézd gyalbos sheli bishid. Gyalmos ae 
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Translation. 
There was once a king Nal by name, and his queen was 
called Durmandi (Damayanti). The exiled king went in the 
morning to bathe, and the queen stayed at home in the wood. 
She began to cook for the king. In the four stoves she cooked 
tea, flesh, bread and rice. The king caught a bird while 
ESS ee ae 
| Sherkhan, the fair that takes place in Kénam on the 3rd of 
2 From Mahdébhérat and Nalodaya, 
