Vol. VII, No. 9.] Ethnography of the Bashahr State. 591 
[N.S.] 
Translation. 
The pretty Umar Dasi! is a rich man’s daughter, 
She has on her hands twelve aca of armlets, 
d in the midst of them a rare 
She has a box full of ornam cco 
ais besides es twenty-five necklaces. 
To speak of a flock, ’tis a flock of wild pigeons, 
To speak of a line, ’tis a line of cranes, 
To speak of beauty, it is the beauty of Umar Dasi, 
And to speak of re it is os Dasi’ 8 parents. 
O you wealthy man’s son, dear Zindup 
Will you please ag the Vorest of Kyulieh 
To bring down the large leaves of the plant elisa Lachhu ? * 
Tue Sone or SANTAN aNnD YANKAR Mani. 
The following song describes the love # Seen of Labrang 
village for Yankar Mani of the same villag 
Yochdlo den ta, i kagli buda, 
da baydr md narsh, rotet kharij hachd. 
Dakk ring ring bunmd, Laspai goring den, 
Lapsat chhang Sadntan, baho parmi hat 
Labrang grokchi chimet, Yankar Mani binthin 
Baho-cht parmi, gii Rampir bitak, 
ki Rampur bima, gii maitang bitak ; 
ki bima birayin, git kimo toshak, 
bimigu bérango, pirang paréto. 
Translation. 
There came a letter from the robes country. 
What’s the subject in that lett 
It contains a message from At se friend :— 
‘“*Come, please, to see the Lésar® fair of Kanam,’ 
1 Umar Daési is the name of Hira Das Loktas’s daughter of 
Kénam village in Shawa parga 
Loktas is a pip tobe of kanets living n Kaénam and Sunam or Sunnam, 
villages in Shaw 
ae iidup or “aedup B Ram is the name of Umar Dasi’s brother 
8 Ky4élkhar is another Kandwari name of dy a place of 
Bashahr near Tibetan Frontier. It is also called Skydlkhar. 
# Lachha is a kind of snowy plant having very large leaves in 
tter. 
w year’s Day) is the name of an annual fair held at 
Kaénam villegec’ 
