Vol. VI, No. 12, 1910.] Jaiu Glossary. 725 



[N.S.] 



" Yeh dam gaje kisi aur ne de, nan man bech ke dusrd 



na 



(Says the ox). cl The white buffalo eats fodder and oil-seed, the 



short- tailed ox goes ever to the plough." 



(Says the farmer). " Come my short- tail, one ploughing, I've 



split nine maunds of chick-pea for you." 



(Says the ox). ' c Nay, you've a shrew of a wife at home — feeds 



me on straw and calls it chick-pea: try 

 your blarney-tricks with some other : why 

 not sell your nine maunds and buy another 



ox * 

 WJ^TT, kaverd. n.m.. noc 



2 " 



C C 



Minta 

 Karz Yi 

 Khet n 



Karm 



* m S 



mail. 



. A friend turned traitor, the wife of one's home refused 

 her obedience, the baniya refused an advance, not 

 a single grain in the field. These are marks of evil 

 davs, savs Girdhar the poet, the luck's gone away : 

 touch gold with your hand, and the gold turns to 



earth. 



awr 



to contain Ganges water. 



nimbar 



' — — — - 7 



(a. leucophloea). 



3TOR 



" Hal halke, gdri dhalke, kud md™ rmr.^ 

 " Kasdn us ne jdniye, jo jane in ki sdr. 

 Lightly with the plough, steadily with the cart. 



Quickly with the well. 



Count him the husbandman. 



Who all their ways can tell. 



" China chori chdkri, hard kare kasdn." 



It's the broken farmer who takes to c/und, service, or 



(Sis a cheap and inferior grain, and laborio to 

 grow). 



, kasut, adj., bad, dirty. . , 



" Barhdpd dud lalkdrke, bdzi bahi tasw. 

 " Yd to paisd gdnth kd, yd bcH ho sop"'- 

 Old age came bawling 

 " The game's bad, 

 " Else there's money in your puree 



" Or a dutiful lad." 



