1884.] 
J. N. Rae— Baisivdri Folk Songs. 
243 
Translation. 
O my beloved, thou hast not written a (single) letter to me, and 
many days have passed. 
Henceforth I understand thee, thy love depends on seeing my face. 
II II I 
! cit'l {^) i 
C\ C\ 
S* • 
Note. in the first line is superfluous. There is a syllable short 
in the first half of the second line. G. A. G. 
Translation. 
O eye I shall throw thee down, so that thou mightst crumble into 
pieces, 
(Because) thou burnest on seeing some, and thou become st soothed 
on seeing others. 
II II ^rl I 
% i;t%i 
g; ^isTct?; jit 
ftr < 1 ?: 
Note. is the Persian ‘a star’. G. A. G. 
Translation. 
0 CO- wife give me my hediyd. 
If thou dost not give me the starry hediyd^ 
I shall drive a dagger through thy body. 
O CO- wife give me my hediyd. 
Jhumar songs are sung on the occasion of marriage, in Ganga puja 
and on other occasions of joy. Like the Sohar they are sung by the 
women. The tikuli is the spot of silver or a piece of glass worn on a 
woman’s forehead. 
II ^8 II ’ftfT I 
t: 
lITSit KlfT fNt ^ 
