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my sword. If you are anxious, tben legalize (the possession of) your 

 land, for when swords are biting you will be in an unpleasant place, when 

 on this side and on that armies stand face to face, and angry men are 

 satisfying their swords' hearts (with slaugliter). 



When the shout of Jawanak's hosts falls upon your ears, and the dust 

 of the horsemen rises on every side, so that the moisture of your sons' 

 mouths dries up, and the cloud-like (mares) come gallopping (loose) to 

 their stables in the evening. 



Come O Lashari, where did you originate from ? You were missing 

 on the day of Zunu's horsemen ; did you reap (a harvest) of Mir Chakar's 

 army ? did you chase the Rind chargers (lit. male chestnuts) from the 

 land ? When Ramen was killed you played the drum. Give me your 

 tokens (to show) when you became separate from us. Did you march, 

 away with Bakar or with Ramen ? Did you accompany the horsemen or 

 the army to meet the Turks? That night when the Turkish cavalry 

 thundered in Jhal, or towards Gandava when God was on our side, when 

 the Turks rejoiced and the Rinds became angry ; blood issued from their 

 eyelids, and the women said " our lords have met them." 



The rulers of Shoran became heavj- with sliame ; Bljar, Phuzh, 

 Chakar and Shahf/Aar arrived there, Allan and Sahak Miskanl were there ; 

 they gave a string of camels to ransom the shame-faced ones {i. e., the 

 women taken by the Turks), horses they gave and bright gold, the Rinds 

 alighted from their newly-saddled fillies, and on foot (having given up 

 their horses) the Rinds returned from the throne of Shoran. Formerly the 

 Lasharis also showed kindness to the Rinds, when they let Mir (Chakar) 

 gallop away from Kawar on Pliul (the name of a mare belonging to 

 Nof/Abandai//;). 



Sweet-singing Relan.take upyour guitar of merry-makings, (and declare) 

 what sort of man my chief is towards refugees. Gahwar and the Chief 

 Sahib Khkn are the most trustworthy of men ; many times did they com- 

 plain to the Nawab, tliat the Gurchanis had made a union with the Kahan 

 Harris, and a brotherhood with the upper Sumraenzais. Your refugees 

 came to our chief Jawanak, saying, " we are Khosas, we are no longer 

 Le_9'/;aris." Four years did they stay with us, sharing in our protection. 



The marks of their dwelling on the hills shall remain till seven gene- 

 rations pass. In Manik's house every one lired in great hope ; (for this) 

 Manik (shall have) a dwelling on the streams of Paradise. 



(To your chief), in his latter age after the stage of deceit (in liis 

 second childliood ?) came two Baloch women seeking for refuge ; two 

 nights they stayed with your mighty lord. Tears fell from their eyes and 

 they cried aloud. He gave them the mares for twice their value, he made 

 a profit of it, to his own shame he gave them to the shame-faced women. 



