1882.] R. C. Temple —Some Hindu Folksongs from the Panjdb. 
173 
JVotes. 
This is an obvious address to the Deity : perhaps traceable to some 
Bhagat. It is in Hindi. 
Faqir : here in its proper sense of a poor man, a beggar. 
3. 
Ram’ji ka bhed kisi ne nahift paya, 
Sara janam us’ki yad men gawwaya. 
Ram Ram ke karan, sadho, 
Dhundat shakal jahan : 
Rishi, muni aise hi hogae, 
Kho diye ham ap’ne pran. 
Panjdb. 
No one has found the secret of Ram, 
(Though) his whole life be spent in the search. 
For Ram’s sake, my friend, 
They search the whole earth : 
Sages and saints have gone thus 
And lost their lives. 
Holes. 
Ftdmji — Ram, the Sikh name for the Supreme Deity : God. See 
former song. 
Ydd, search, lit., remembrance, calling to mind. 
Gamvagd ; gawwana, gawana ; Panj. verb, to lose, to spend ; also used 
as an intensive like dalna. 
Sadho > my friend: sadh, a holy man, saint. 
Shakal = sakal, all, the whole = (?) Sag’ra, q. v 
4. 
Dware mere ayo bahman’ji, 
Subh bachan sunayo bahman’ji. 
Bahman bache patr’ka, 
Aur subh subh sodh sunae : 
Jo chinta man me?i rahe, 
So sunte hi mit jae. 
Bahuti chinta kar gae 
Aur kat gae din rain : 
* [The identification is correct; see footnote on p. 170. Ed.] 
