1834.] 



Grammar of the Brahulfcy Language, 



551 



nai trakan pare zaif ka na,e i, tra- 

 shanut zargar pare zaif kanai sahtak 

 kanou darzi pare ni pikungonus zaif 

 kanai guda kanou ja na,ita fakhir 

 pare zaif kanai i dua. karenut kana 

 duwaeMudakabulkarene guda zaife 

 sahtamane harchar frAalko kutar jang 

 karer harchar duye saMt karer zaif 

 wati asit tapare /cftarwokan kasar 

 seai tulin Musalman as bare nana 

 shara eke parer juwan Kharwokan 

 Rai masur basu kasar ai warnas barek 

 warnai Manar tawar karer khudana 

 pinat sali nana, sharai kar warna 

 salis pare babo kill lunar gap karer 

 warna, pare zaif arade zaifna duty 

 halko warnai nishan tisu warna zaife 

 khank tawar kare slmkar ke nume 

 khuda hes da kana arwate da Madar 

 sale hinane kana, maras zaifto ma. 

 sune zaif rasenga mare kana etbo 

 da hairan masii jang karer parer 

 ftftarwokan kotwalai sharna nana 

 sharai ke parer juwan rai mabokan 

 kotwalai pad shana nana sharai ke 

 hinar kotwale Zc&anar parer kotwal 

 nana daharx panjna sharai karak 

 pare pabo kul gap karer pare zaif 

 arade parer dade kotwal zaife khnnk 

 pare numa awate hanangira kucha- 

 kak kuste yank da kana ilumna 

 arwate hinak filan pirana ziyarat 

 kana ilume kasifenure zaif rasenga 

 ilumna &/*one yetbo dakul hairan 

 masu kotwal daft A7*alk pare mohta- 

 mibo kustizauk devanume padsha- 

 ^ftae numa pida te harre daft moh- 

 sha^tadare padshais kotwal arzkare 

 saheb kurban marev kana, Hum hinak 

 pirna ziyarat-ae da sha.^/is-ak kana 

 ilume kasafenu zaife darenu ainu 

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of wood ; I pray thee, Oh God, in the 

 power of thy Godhead that you will 

 put life into this woman. His pray- 

 er was accepted, and life was given 

 to the woman. It became light and 

 the fellow travellers awoke. Every 

 one said the woman is mine. The 

 carpenter said the woman is mine, 

 1 carved her. The goldsmith said 

 the woman is mine, those are my 

 jewels. The tailor said, you dirty- 

 mouthed rascal the woman is minev, 

 the clothes belong absolutely to me. 

 The fakeer said the woman is mine, 

 I prayed to God, and God heard my 

 prayers and gave life to the woman. 

 They all four began to fight and to 

 lay hands on the woman. One of 

 them said, let us go, and sit on the 

 highway , someMussalman may come, 

 he will decide our quarrel ; they said 

 well, let us go. They started and 

 seated themselves on the road, a 

 young man was coming along, they 

 saw him, and called out for God's 

 sake, stop and settle our dispute. 

 The young man stopped and told 

 them to sajf on ; they all went and 

 made nothing but noise. He said, 

 where is the woman. They touched 

 the woman with their hands and 

 pointed her out to the young man 

 who saw the woman, and exclaimed, 

 thank God that he has brought you ; 

 this is my wife, many years ago, she 

 went away and my son was with my 

 wife, she has arrived now, where is 

 my son. They all were astounded, 

 and began to quarrel. Then said 

 they, let us go to the Kotwal of the 

 city, he will do us justice. They said 

 well, let us go, the Kotwal of the 

 city will do us justice. They went 

 and saw the Kotwal, and said, pray 

 Kotwal do us five men justice. He 

 said say on, they did nothing but 

 make a noise, he said, where is the 

 woman — they said here. The Kot- 

 wal saw the woman, and said, you 

 dog cuckolds, this is my brother's 

 wife. They went to the shrine of a 

 certain saint ; you have killed my 

 brother, the woman has arrived, now 

 bring my brother's corpse. They 

 were all confounded, the Kotwal 

 beat them all, and said, go on you 



