234 
[No. 2, 
J. N. Rae —Baiswdri Folk Songs. 
transported secretly to Gokul to the house of Nand, how this precaution 
was taken in order to save the child from falling into the hands of Kans, 
the wicked uncle and king of Mathura, and how his real parents were con¬ 
fined in a black dingy den where the future hero was horn. 
Sohars are songs that are sung on the occasion of a birth. The 
women of the neighbourhood all muster together and make themselves 
jubilant over the interesting occasion. There is no end of dholalcs 
(drums) being beaten with all the might of their bravery. 
II ^ II ’hfT I 
\ UtlT, ft 
^II<T 
* 
s» 
cTif %t 
^ ^T5cf ^JTcr 
Note, here = ‘severe’, of a wound &c. Gr. A. G. 
Translation. 
1, Why dost thou spurt with a syringe ? Ho Lala ! 
It strikes hard against me—the liquid red. 
Why dost thou spurt, etc. 
2, The full syringe thou dost pour on my face— 
My entire bodice and body have got wet, Ho Lala ! 
Why dost thou spurt, etc. 
Holi songs are peculiar songs that are sung on the occasion of the 
celebrated festival known as the Holi which, as is well-known, is solem¬ 
nized in honour of Krish’nji. [It is rather the festival in honour of the 
Uttar ay ana or Vernal Equinox. G. A. G.] 
II 8 II I 
\ ’’^KcT 
^ «!: vrk, 
?;Tm IT, 
^ ^ At %TA '^5^ 
a; ^ %T 
ATflT tr, '55:3 53ITf5 
