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J. N. Hiie—Baisivdrl Folic Songs. 
Translatio7i. 
[No. 2, 
(Tlie eye is) full of nectar, poison and wine, like unto a black, 
wliite and red (lotus). 
He lives or dies or falls a-trembling upon whom it glances but 
once. 
II II ^TfT I 
sr%, m 51^ 5ira i 
Jl^f H%T, u^cira II 
Note. in the first line is superfiuous, and spoils tlie metre. 
G. A. G. 
Translation. 
Being kept in tbe heart, the heart burns ; being uttered by the 
mouth, the mouth burns. 
It is just the dream of the dumb ; knowing it well, he grieves 
(because he cannot express it). 
II II I 
SfTitT %r, ctT %T ^f%^TT I 
T^^anslation. 
I thought thou wert gold, hence I put thee on my ears. 
It produced no marks on the touch-stone and became only a heap of 
brass. 
II II I 
^JTT '5’! (g;) cr seirt nm i 
Note, in the first line is superfluous and spoils the metre. 
G. A. G. 
Translation. 
(The dead exclaims :) 
0 daw, thou might’st peck and eat up the entire flesh of my body ; 
But pray leave alone these two eyes of mine, for still I have hopes of 
seeing my beloved. 
II II I 
5t<TJ7 *pff, irsc f\jt i 
% 5iinT %T, ^ II 
