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[No. 2, 
J. N. Rae —Baiswdri Folk Songs. 
?liT Ic 
5tT% sir 
ti^; sH>r ftiiTVt ^nrsfi?: %t wt 
SRT %t: ctii w hr sit ^ 
Note. is derived from the Arabic , ‘ a walk for 
recreation’. It usually means ‘ walking at random’. ^rcP^ is the Arabic 
i^Ssj . is the Arabic |;i. is the Arabic is dialectic 
for G. A. G. 
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Translation. 
I, bird, am a stranger in a foreign land and travel at random. I 
remained in thy town as long as I had occasion to get food and water. I 
was as a traveller in thy town, and now I go to my own home. Excuse 
me—I will not talk to thee, we cannot meet now even in dreams. (Reply.) 
The sky is bedimmed with a cloud of dust—oh soldier, do listen to me a 
little. (Mixing) a potion of dire poison, make me quaff it with thy own 
hands. If I had learnt the enchantments and witchcrafts of Bengal,* 
I would have wrought such a magic that I could stop my lover’s 
departure. Do harness the horse, oh soldier, and go to thy campaign. 
Draw the dagger from thy belt and drive it through my body. 
II II I 
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KWT ! *IT 
^ %KT ^ci€^T 
?:TflT ! *IT II 
5^ ftiftrax fgft: fgft t 
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Translatioyi. 
1, 0 Ram, let me make a bridge over the sea. 
Lo my foreign beloved is to cross over to me. 
O Ram, let me make, etc. 
2, I shall get a boat made by reeds cut out. 
The other wife of my husband croaks out there shall be no union. 
0 Ram, let me make a bridge, etc. 
* In Saharanpiir the wandering snake-charmers and conjurors are known as 
BangdlU. The allusion may be to this name. 
