284 V. A. Smith — Popular Songs of the Hamirpur District. M. II. [No. 3, 



Beholding the hamel* with bells, and seeing its square pendant, her 

 mind is delighted : 



[Alsof when beholding] gold necklet, necklace, five-stringed necklace, 

 coral and gold necklace, gunj and goph, all weighty, 



Sell, hantU, plain ring, signet ring, thumb-ring, manufactured finger 

 mirror ; 



Churd,% patd, pacTiJielawd, hahand, Jiarraiydn, charming bangle, 



Bdju-hcmd,§ bajulld, joshcm, laJiutd, tdnr carefully made, 



Nose-ring, heavy nose-ring, and pendant, by wearing which the charm 

 of [the wearer's] face was increased : 



Also haranphul\\ and dhdr, nostril-ornament, fillet, and pattd adorned 

 with granules of precious metal. 



II. 



The Luha'r's (Blacksmith's) Song. 



^XVT *3VJ\ ^fw rTf^T ^JI^ ?RT WRf T f ^x\ 

 f?f*T3T W<l *S^ <?tjlTT W5T*J\ W WXT f^Ttt 



vcm *rtct *im\K ^f<jrT ^^^ f?iw 5ro %ii<^ 

 ^m 1^ ^ffta st^t fare^r *nreft ^t sre qrrct 

 5% *Jrerr %^r ^T^^ft ^ti f^rw^T *m ^T^t 



The Luhar blows his forge fire, 



Holding the bellows one man sits behind, in front another where the 

 anvil is fixed, 



* Samel a sort of necklace made of rupees generally, and furnished with a pen- 

 dant ; also known in other districts as haikal. 



t The construction of the sentence here is rather obscure, but the word dekhi 

 seems to be carried on to the following lines. This line enumerates various kinds of 

 neck ornaments ; sell and Jcanthi are similar articles. 



4. Chura, etc., these are all kinds of bracelets : the harraiydn is worn next to, and 

 the pachhelawd farthest from, the hand. 



§ The ornaments enumerated in this line are worn on the arm above the elbow. 



|| Karanphul and dhdr are kinds of earrings ; the pattd is worn in the upper part 

 of the ear. 



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