1869.] Translations from Chand. 165 



15, 16. These lines are difficult, but not corrupt. The emendation 

 suggested by Mr. Beames, in his translation since published is quite 

 unnecessary. Even with such emendation, the words could not yield 

 the sense he gives them. 



17-20. The first of the two couplets here omitted by Mr. Beames 

 is certainly extremely obscure ; the second is simple enough. 



22. Mr. Beames's rendering can scarcely be correct ; since the 

 Hindus reckon not fourteen but only six sciences. 



23, 24. These lines are somewhat remarkable, as being the only 

 two out of the forty which Mr. Beames has translated with absolute 

 accuracy. Certainly they are not very difficult. 



26. The comparison is not between the parrot and the himb, but 

 between the bimb and the girl's red lips. 



27. The words uroj ur are altogether omitted. 



28. Nothing in my text about ' avoiding its beak.' 



31, 32. Here Mr. Beames omits much and exactly reverses the 

 sense of what he retains. 



35. Sudes must mean ' well arranged,' not ' fair to see.' The 

 latter half of the line has nothing that corresponds in the slightest 

 with Mr. Beames's translation. 



36. The difficulty here is evaded. The reading of my text ' giddh? 

 must I think be corrected to ' biddh.' Bais-sandhi is an uncommon 

 expression, but is thus explained in the Sringar-saurabh : — 



Balapan jovan duhu milat hoti jo sandhi. 



Ja son kabi sab kahat ham Bais-sandhi anubandki. 



37. The nava sapta sobha form one of the standard poetical com- 

 mon-places, and I am surprised that Mr. Beames is not familiar with 

 the expression. His translation is quite unwarranted by the original, 

 and the same remark applies to his version of the next three lines. 



In these observations, I have taken for granted that Mr. Beames's 

 text is substantially the same as mine, and I have little doubt that 

 such is really the case. If, however, this supposition is incorrect, and 

 I have thereby done him an injustice, I feel sure that the Society 

 will allow him to vindicate the accuracy of his scholarship by printing 

 the forty lines as they stand in his MS. I now proceed to offer a 

 translation of my own, which however imperfect, will be found, I am 

 confident, rather more faithful to the original. 



