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Answer. — The flame of an oil-lamp which goes out after having drunk 

 up the oil. 



12. Do goharara clf^7*a ambazi 

 Ajab khush ant gwar ambazi 

 Naini surata khami 



Yake khor digar chami 



I saw two sisters embracing 

 Very happy at the embrace 



There is not the slightest difference in their appearance 

 One is blind and the other has eyes. 

 Answer. — The reflection in a mirror. 



13. Phairi khakht-M pha gxdhsLV 

 Maji Bakri shahr gvvara 

 BoH atJd washes tawar 

 Dastaw gipthi nar-mazar. 



Yesterday as I passed along the road 

 In the town of Bakkar 

 I heard a very sweet voice 

 But when I seized it, it was a fierce tiger. 

 Answer. — A snake. 



14. Proverbial sayings. 



Kahne litir o phirew zal 



Warna sara sar-bar. 



Old shoes and an old wife 



Are the burden of a young man's life. 



Savzew cho hithew, charpi cho meshi dumbaj/Ztaw. 



As green as young corn, as fat as long-tailed sheep>. 



This saying refers to the Gwar or wild pistachio (Pistaeia Tcldnjulc). 



Kliahin soHtha afa phiiki warth. 



One burnt by hot milk will not drink even water without blowino- on 



it. 



This corresponds with the Hindustani proverb ' Diidh ka, jalya chanchh 

 hi piwat phunk,' or the English. ' A burnt child dreads the fire.' 



Mala sar-dai vara dosli. 



Let the cattle go and milk the hedge. 



This answers to * Penny wise and pound foolish.' 



