1839.] Grammar of the Pushtoo, or Afghdnee Language. 15 



Shah Shuja chi ra^Aalai woo Sar-^l When Shah Shuja appeared, all 

 daran tola raza woo chi ghar | the Sardars were content to give 

 warkee ba^air la you Sardar )■ up the city except Kohn Dil 

 Kohn Dil Khanchi waigil chi | Khan, who said, my head with 

 zma sar dai o da Kala KungreJ these parapets. 



Tasi arvedalai dai chi da Maham- \ Have you heard the uncle of 

 mad Shah aka Shikarpoor lare > Mahammad Shah has arrived 

 ray/jalai dai ? J in Shikarpoor ? 



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Specimen of Afghan verse from Abdul Rahman. 



Har matloob chi^waje ta, uka ) When the musician turns the 



da rabab S screw of the Rebeck 



Pad a tauk jhee zma zada kandeelBy each turn that is made my 



kabab J heart is burnt. 



Chi saiye pana^/mia pa taranash- ) When I pay attention to the tune 



um S ana the tone 



Dewana sham grewantsiree most \ I get mad, and tear my clothes 



okhrab f frantic and lost. 



Hame tar hame guftar hose as ar- ) The strings and burthen of the 



ka J song so distress me 



Chi hetsok na takat laree na tab That none could bear it or endure it. 



Youve saz, bulawaze da belto $ ^ there f h ? music first > then the 



I theme of absence, 



Dream shaar para^m ka intiMah ^^^ a P oet recitehis g° od 



Tsalaram you sakeeye tar sangk- } ^ Al _ , . , , 



ohenee \ Fourth, let a cupbearer be near 



Che maM na mahtab li dilaivee Who has never been looked on by 



na aftab sun or moon- 



Da talor wada fitne dee pa tslor 7 These four are four traitors in 



kunja j four corners — 



O pinzame suraeedai da mai nab } And the fifth be a bottle of the 

 spajame wakt da noubahar o da V best wine, and the sixth the time 

 zawanee ) of the new spring and youth, 



Ou owam shu^al da bayazoda } And the seventh reading of al. 

 kitab J bums and books. 



Chida hoomree afatoona sara tol \ If all these wonders be collected 

 shee ( together 



Turo tsok saranga zeenee kandelWho can deliver himself from 

 ijtanab f them ; 



Chida hasee dilbaran par as ar-\ He who is not affected by any of 



na ka J these rarities 



Yaba devee ya deewaz dai yadawl Must be either more than human, 



aD I a wa ^ or a beast. 



