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himself, yefc I cannot see anywhere a sign of hurb. Let the wise ear at- 

 tened and guess it right. 

 Ansioer. — A well. 



5. Bujluirat. — Ya drashke jorentha paken hwdhayk 

 Ma zaniin phiishta pha jinde?j razaya 

 Bund yakon-i lamb-en duaya 

 Yake reM hithn, yake sawaya 



God has planted a tree, of itself it has grown up on the face of the 

 earth ; the root is one, the branches two ; one is dust, the other ashes. 

 Aiisiver. — The tree is mankind, the branches Musalmans and Hindus. 



6. Talabi naukarant kharde ajab bhat 

 Kadam pha lekhav-ant-ish kar o khidmat 

 Hame fauj dhuni be hatbyar en 



Vh\th\ phoshinday/uvj yak o tawar e^^ 

 HamoJ/ia lashkar khosh o khushar Qii 



A few servants of strange forms 

 They step by calculation on duty and service 

 They are an army bare and unarmed 

 Moving at the voice and call of other men 

 And there the army meet deatli and slaughter. 

 Answer. — The pieces at chess. 



7. Nishtho ^ithoin pha na(?//ar 

 Kn shahr be sah watan 

 Ahani adh jang o jadal 

 Nyamji nawant yake digar. 



Sitting I saw with my sight 

 A city and masterless country. 

 There was war and strife between tliem 

 And no umpire betwixt the one and the other. 

 Ansioer, — A game at chaupar. 



8. Wiliiyat thars ch, dost bar-karar-en 

 Kavay/ia gohilr kisanake?? taiyar-e?i 

 Na vothi vcidth, bachh ola sawar-e« 

 Vhith nesteni, phiruk haiyat-e« 



The country' (in) fear, the mistress in comfort 

 Tlic little sister ready to start 



The mother will not move, the son is already mounted, 

 The father does not exist, the grandfather is alive. 



