254 
[No. 2, 
J. N. Rae —BaiswdH Folk Songs. 
I am naked in the water. 
Kandh has gone away, etc. 
II II I 
Jrt: ?{fe?lT ? 
^fJara! 
<T^i?g % 
tftcT 51TItT^ H3II 
^ fggf^T?: g^ig ^ 
jcsf 
^fisra! 5:isiifk 
gftr 5iT^ %, 
?i¥iT W %r5a ’^fci 
53fTfg 
Translation. 
My eyelids are trembling. 
What has become of my love, where have my friends gone ? 
My eyelids, etc. 
My body is inflamed and my heart is beating; 
He has made love to me and taken his fill.* 
My eyelids, etc. 
My lover lives constantly in my eyes. 
These eyes of mine are sure tests of my love. 
My eyelids, etc. 
I entirely resign myself to God,t 
May he preserve my honour in the assembly. J 
* [Maja is the Persian maza [y/o^ which is pro23erly maso., though it is here 
rejieated as fern.; the phrase literally means: he has sip 2 )ed the taste ; it is idiomatic 
for ‘ he has satisfied himself.’—E d.] 
t [Lit. ‘ I become a sacrifice to my teacher.’— Ed.] 
X [I. e., among the people. The line alludes to the story of Draupadi; see 
footnote on j). 251 .—Ed.] 
