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1884.] J. N, Rae —Baiswari Folic Songs. 
Note. ^ is an interjection only used in addressing females. 
The mascnline form is t?: ^ . The chahor, is the Greek partridge 
(Perdix rufa), which is said to he enamoured of the moon, and to exist 
on moonbeams and ambrosia. G. A. G. 
Translation. 
1, Gazing at the moonlit night of (the month of) Chait, 
It has become well-nigh dawn ; 
O my Rama, gazing at the moonlit night, etc. 
2, Lo, my husband has become the moon. 
And lo, I have become the chahor. 
O my Rama, gazing at the moonlit night, etc. 
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Note. «rTW^ is the Persian and^r^^ is ubb. Q. A, G. 
Translation. 
1, Lo, my bodice has become tight, O Rama, 
It does not fit my tender arms ; 
O my Rama, my bodice, etc. 
2, Hark, son of the tailor. 
Thou art excessively foolish ! 
O my Rama, my bodice, etc. 
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