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' No Amul-mai7i, no Amul-mai« ! 

 Yarbare bosht, gal maya gona. 

 Maw phara b%/«ara khanaw cliona 

 Kn &\gha,v shahmi hith azh bona 

 Shingura shast shangura pbanjah 

 Drust pba baj/Aara \ii\iha.ghk yag-jah 

 Omara nasbke isbtha pba kaula 

 Hon gire Balacba pbara bona 

 Suiih Doda pbara gohliin. 



Translation. 



Ij^odh son of Baliram sings : to the fierce Eashfeani Balocbes he sings : 

 of the war between the Bulmats and Kalmats, of the lizard becoming a 

 refugee be sings. 



Sweet singing minstrel bring your guitar, bind a large pagri on your 

 head, let the good man receive gifts from the generous. 



Yesterday thence out of fertile Sanni, marched the fair Gohar : she 

 came for shelter to the Mir, to Chakar ever-victorious with the sword. 

 Then spake fair Gohar " The Lasharis are set on quarrelling with me, they 

 let not my camels remains in the Milah pass." 



He collected all Gobar's camp and goods and placed her in the valley 

 of Kachai'ak. Then they {i. e. the Lasharis) came v/andering to Shoran ; 

 to a town under Mir Chakar's rule (saying), " We will gallop (our mares) 

 to grove-encircled Gaj ; let Gobar's female camels mourn for their young 

 in the evening ; let the milk from their (unmilked) udders drip down to 

 their navels. 



Chakar asked Mela the camel-berd, " Quick, camel-herd give me 

 tidings. Who dealt thus with Gobar's cattle?" The cam el- herd Mela 

 thus replied: "The Lasharis came down here in wrath, they slew the 

 young camels as if with the anger of men. Gohar the fair camel owner 

 hinted to me to be silent about it, saying, ' Herdsman, keep this matter 

 quiet, let the true Kinds remain in peace, the female camels daily bear 

 more young ones.' " 



Then Eehan the Nawab became angry, and Jaro the Phuzh bitter in 

 reply. " In exchange for fair Gobar's young camels we will take a seven- 

 fold revenge with our swords, we will gamble with heads and hair and 

 turbans." And Bagar Jatoi answered and said, " Where are the fair Gohar 

 and Sammi (lier sister) ? When was a hero wanting to his refugees ? As in 

 Shah Hussain's day of trouble, Bibari sat in front of her house. 



A lizard dropped out of a dwarf -j^alm, and the boys pursued it, chasing 

 it into the chief's house. Then the good woman came out in front to meet 



