1854.] Some Remarks on the Origin of the Afghan people. 587 



When morning dawn'd, the Seiks advanc'd, 



The Afghan host to crush ; 

 But Grhazis* they, on JNanak's sons'f 



Did like a torrent rush. 



On Khaiber's heights, when rains do pour, 



And wintry blasts do blow ; 

 The little rills, to torrents swell' d, 



All Jamrud's plainf o'ernow. 



That day they kilPd of Singhs enough, 



Of heads to raise a dome ; 

 But 'twas decree'd Nohshaira's plain, 



To them should be a tomb. 



At eventide, the chieftain's steed, 



Fell' midst a heap of slain ; 

 By night, his band, oh ! where were they ? 



Dead on the bloody plain ! 



Night clos'd round him, still he fought, 



All faint and out of breath : 

 A Houri's§ hand the Sherbet gives, 



The Martyr meets his death — 



To spare his life, the Seiks they did 



Pledge every sacred word : 

 No Heav'n they dread — deceitful foes ! — 



They put him to the sword. 



* Ghazi — one who fights against infidels : a gallant soldier. 



f Nanak — the name of the Saint of the Seiks and the founder of the sect. 



X "Jamrud's plain" — "After heavy rains in the mountains, the rivulets, swelled 

 to torrents, rush from the hills with violence, and carry every thing before them " 



§ Houri — a black-eyed nymph of the Mahommadan Paradise, of which, every 

 true believer is to have no less than seventy-two. 



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