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Grammar of the Panjdbi Language. 



[Aug. 



aten juthi sabanu toshaftAane wich 

 rakhwa de,o 



(Another Servant). Maharaj ji, hek 

 wada pandit Kashi on aya wada 

 padya hua ounapas hek ling e 

 Madewjida o farmaunden paven 

 jeha dukh dard Sarkarnu hove 

 lavnde nale sukh hojave. Tad 

 jano jo ling sacha,e 



(The Maharaja). Mishar ji, hathi 

 haswa lo chandide haudewala pan- 

 dit onaru wich bahake sitabe hajar 

 k aro 



(The Servant). Maharaj ji, pandit 

 hori wada sakht mizaj hain awan 

 ki mehin awan 



(The Maharaja.) Jis tara jano 

 unhanu leao hek panch sau rupeya 

 bilejao tosheMane wichon 



(Servant). Maharaj ji, sat bach an 



abad and put the reverend shoe 

 in the treasury. 



Your highness, thereisa greatpandit 

 arrived from Benar.es deeply read, 

 and has a lingurn of Mahadeo with 

 him ; he says whatever pain the 

 Sarkar may have will be cured by- 

 applying it. It must therefore 

 be a real one. 



Mishar, saddle an elephant with a 

 silver houda and bring the pandit 

 in it quickly. 



Your highness, the pandit is a man 



of a queer temper ; he will not 



thus be brought. 

 Bring him by all means, and take 



with you five hundred rupees from 



the treasury. 



Very well, your highness. 

 The pandit arrives, takes out the stone, the Maharaja rises and rubs it 

 over his body. 



(Maharaj). Mishar ji, hek hazar 

 rupeya hor leakar math a teko 

 pandit horanu das rupeya roz 

 lawa deo 



(Pandit). Ham an u kuch nehin 

 bakar Mahadevji ka hukm hai jab 

 ek Raja hachha hovega to yahan 

 se uthana isse hukm muafik ham 

 kasM se ture hain 



Tusi tin char roz darbar maukuf 

 karo 



Mishar, bring 1,000 rupees more and 

 put it at his feet, and give the 

 pandit an allowance of 10 rupees 

 a day. 



I don't want any of it; I haveMaha- 

 dev's orders to return when you 

 are well, and I have brought this 

 order with me from Benares. 



Don't hold your court for two or 

 three days. 



After some days, the Maharaj hears that the holy pandit has fallen in 

 love with a dancing girl, and is accordingly an imposter ; his only remark is, 

 Sadh log en unko eh bat ban avti e These are holy men, they can do 



these things if they like. 



Specimen of Punjabi verse. 

 Simin badan yarafshan chehra lab Silver body, bespangled (freckled) 



surMi misl anare phul hazare je 

 un galzare 



Aten mirg akhinti mirg hairani 



vekh Muni main tumhare maran 



byanv si hare 

 Mar bimar hazar pae teri zulf kun- 



dul vval mare wal wal sade mo,e 



wichare 



Par bhuj bhuj de,an Kalandar ashik 

 maran mate karan kakare baith 

 kinare 



face, red lips like the pomegra- 

 nate, or poppy, or rather like a 

 bed of flowers. 



And lascivious eyes shaming the 

 deers ; beholdihose blood-shot orbs, 

 murderous stealers of the heart. 



Thousands have fallen sick and died; 

 thy locks are ringlets in which 

 you catch and burn us, and we die 

 hopeless. 



But Kalandar, as he burns with love, 

 sings, sighing, and bewailing in 

 retirement. 



2nd. 



Chale nir akhinti behadd jadh yar Tears without measure started from 

 vida kar chale mine eyes, when my lover started 



at our separation. 



