Vol. VI, No. 12, 1910.] Jatu Glossary. 775 



[N.S.] 



<?T*n\ paid, n.m., see dhinkar; the leaves of zizyphus numr 



mularia dried and ready to be used for fodder. 

 *TT#t\ pdli, n.m., cowherd. 



' ' Pdli khdld pdl pe , Jchald sukdwe Ices. 



" Main pdli bujhdi, ghar gori kaisi ek. 



" Achhi gori pdtli, sappdri kaisd rang. 



" Kele kaisd kdmrd. mur tur lage ang. 



" Yoh dohd khub kehd, yoh Idgyd mere ang. 



" Ek kdld dohd aur kaho, chalun tumhdre sang. 



fl Kale kole kair ke, kale bani ke kdg. 



" Kale gori ke kes, jdno baithd bdsak nag. 



' ' Yoh bhi dohd khub kehd , yoh bhi Idgyd mere ang. 



1 ' Ek dhauld dohd aur kaho , tab chalun tumhare 



sang. 

 ( c Dhaule gdye bdchhru , dhauli rui kopds. 



' ' Dhaule gori ke dant . jdno tdrd khilyd dkds. 



(Note — the form bujhdi is not Jatu). 



The cowherd standing on the dam, 



Standing dries his hair. 



" I ask you, cowherd. 



" What's the srirl for vou at home \ 



" Good's the girl that's slim, 

 "Coloured like the betel. 

 ' c Straight as a twig of banana 

 1 ' And her body bows and sways 



3 ? 



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You've sung that couplet well 

 Well has it pleased my fancy. 

 Read me a couplet of black, 

 And I'll so alone with vou." 



" Black is coal of the kair tree, 

 " Black are the crows of the wood, 

 " Black are a lass' locks, - f 



" Like the coils of a huge snake." 



Well 



" It too has pleased my fancy. 

 " Tell me too a couplet of white, ^ 

 " Then will I go along with you. 



" White are cows and their calves. 

 " White is cotton too. 



