1884*] 
J. Rae —Baisivari Folic Songs. 
237 
Note. is long form of ‘ a mercliant’. I would prefer 
to consider in the fifth line, as the 2nd singular imperative. 
is long form of which literally means ‘a granary.’ G. A. G. 
Translation. 
From the eastern land came a merchant, 0 Rama. 
He took up his lodgings in Sundar’s yard, 0 Hari. 
The merchant has filled up the entire yard, 0 Rama. 
How shall I sweep the dust of the yard with my broom, 0 Hari ? 
I will push away the trappings of the oxen and cast away the sacks, 
0 Rama. 
And I shall sweep the yard bending myself down, 0 Hari. 
While sweeping the yard the skirts of my cloth flew away, 0 Rama. 
And my wicked brother-in-law began to gaze on my breast, 0 Hari. 
I would get such a brother-in-law killed, 0 Rama. 
If my “ knife-thrusting ” were at home, 0 Hari. 
“ Knife-thrusting ” here refers to her husband, because he is her 
natural protector and as such could deal vengeance.* 
The Kajaris are sung during the rainy season. They were formerly 
indigenous to Mirzapur but are now spreading far and wide over the 
land. The airs of these songs are rather melancholy, though they are 
tuned to express different feelings and sentiments. 
[The name of the song is probably derived from the darkness of 
the clouds at this season, which are considered to resemble Jcdjar or 
lamp-black collyrium. The well-known author of the treatise called 
Hvndi BJidkhd ,—Babii Harischandra—gives a different account. He 
says that there was in Central India a famous Rajput prince named 
Dadu Ray, in whose time no Musalman dared touch the Ganges. On 
a famine occurring in his dominions, he brought rain by the ardour 
of his devotions. This made him so popular that when he died and 
his Queen Nag’mati became sati with his corpse, the women of the 
country invented a new melody which was named Kajali to express their 
sorrow. The author concludes “ there are two reasons for the name 
Kajali; —one, that the king owned a forest called Kajali loan., and the 
other, that the third of the month on which this song is most sung is 
called in the Furcms, the Kajjali tij. G. A. G.] 
II c II 5Tt?r I 
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* \iChhilrt-'baftod is the long form of chhuribdj, a compound of chhdn ‘ knife ’ 
and hdj (Persian jb) ‘ one who is practised in something.’—En,] 
