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6. I math i padkhah i ar sha'ir zar siit. Jallad-ir ramod 

 one day a king a to poet angry became. Executioner to ordered 



ko: mu prut zan. Jall&d a-medhj veg-ir tiiid. Sha'ir 



that: (in) my presence slay. Executioner (ace.) sword to-fetch went. Part 



hazirav-ir levd ko : a mu chupatak dhoid, ko padkhah khush 



present people-to said that: (ace.) me slaps strike ye, that king happy 



saod. Padkhah shiind j u az gunah narzed. 

 may be. King smiled ; and from fault passed over. 



7. I khalg laur martabah vug. I dest wi'r priit a- 

 a person great dignity obtained. A friend to him before (ace.) 



wi wand-ir siit. Wi dest porst ko : Choi tao? tsez-ar 



him in order to see went. His friend asked that : who (art) thou ? what for 

 dest kharmindah siit. Levd ko : A-mu na 



friend ashamed became. He said that : (ace.) Me no 

 kadim-inj dest am waz. Matam ivon am tu 

 old (adj.) friend (I) I. Condolence for (I) these 

 priit yat, khedhjit-am tao at kaur sedhj. 

 before came, I had heard thou (thou) blind hast become. 



8. I khalg i darwesh dastur zukht ratsust. Darwesh ar-kabristan 

 a person a beggar's turban took fled. Beggar to grave-yard 



siit naliist. Mardum wi-'r levd ko : " Yii adam tu dastur tar 



went sat down. Men him to said that : " That man thy turban towards 



bagh-gunah yud, tsez ivon at ar-kabristan naliistj, 



garden direction took away, what for (thou) to grave-yard hast sat down, 



tsez kan aud ?" Levd ko : " Yii mas akhir aud yadhd ; wi 



what doest here ?" He said that : " He also at last here will come ; that 

 ivon am aud naliistj. 

 for (I) here have sat down. 



at yat ? Yii 



(thou) earnest ? That 



padzan-a. Tii-yan 



knowest ? Of-thine 



SARIKOLI' TALES. 

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1. I nek i badh viid. 2. Wodh dhau av safar tuid. 3. Chan- 

 din math av pond tiiid. 4. Wi kech marzun siit. 5. Nek levd badh-ir : 

 I ghov khpik mu'r dha. * 6. Badh levd ko : Tao kh' tsem kaur kan, torn waz 

 tii'r dham. 7. Nek khii tsem chaf and, aziim av tiiid. 8. Chandin math- 

 onj pond av tiiid. Waz wi keeh marzun siit, 9. Nek levd ko : I ghov khpik 

 mu'r dha. 10. Badh levd ko : I sari tsem mas chafan, torn tii'r dham. 

 11. Virt tsem kaur siit. Badh tiiid, nek reid. 12. I math chii biur naliist. 

 Khum (sham) siit. I kiid yat. 13. Kiid az dhumwadhord. Kiida-wi kutal- 

 khii yud. I pa garma duwust at khab" siit. 14. B'ad az wakt i khithp 

 i yiirkh i rapts i void yat. Yurkh az rapts porst ko : Tao at ko-jui viid 



