176 R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. [No. 3, 
Jo gliis-ddro sab ndJc is in allusion to the Musalman custom of touch- 
ng the ground with the nose (or forehead) in prayer. Daro = dalo. 
Al auldd : progeny. Al , female descendants are not looked upon as 
so honorable as male descendants, hence the point here is—whatever is 
fated will ensue, for even Muhammad left no male line. 
dad , justice. 
lav = lad; love ; fondness ; affection. 
5 . 
Ambe daliya tota hole ; maina bole barhijA??. 
Bhajo Ram’ji : din thore, ratm bariya^. 
A, mere toto, bahi-ja pinj’rew, motiyaft chog chuganiya^. 
Tote jo mam dudh-bhat din’nm; mainaw jo ghyo churiya^. 
Kangra. 
The parrot screams on the branch of the mango tree ; the maina 
chatters in the hedge. 
Repeat the name of Ram : the days are short, and the nights long. 
Come, my parrot, sit in the cage, I feed you with pearl-food. 
I will give milk and rice to the parrot; and crumbs and ghi to the 
maina. 
Notes. 
barhi , fence, hedge, = bar, bari. 
din thore , rati 'n bariydn. This may be explained thus. The days 
(time for prayer) are short: the nights (no time for prayer) are long : 
hence utilize the time for prayer. 
bahi-ja , bah’na and bah’na, common Panj. = baith’na, to sit. See song 
No. 18. 
niotiyaw chog , lit., bird’s food of pearls, i. e., the very best of food. 
The superstition is that the hansa swan (mentioned in another song q. v.) 
feeds on pearls by the sea-side, which is therefore considered the very best 
of food. 
Tote jo; mainanjo; jo in the hill dialects of Kangra and Chamba 
*= ko, to. 
• dudh-bhdt: milk-and-rice is the usual food given to caged parrots. 
ghyo churiydn : balls made of bread crumbs and ghi. Churi is the 
broken grain from a mill: crumbs, ghyo — Panj. gheu == Hind. ghi. cf. 
song No. 25. This is the usual food of caged mainas. 
Pinj’ren, motiyan, mainan. This nasalisation of such final syllables is 
very common in Panj. village poet: dialects, especially in the hills, en, 
idn or iyan are respectively the masc. and fern, form of general inflection 
common m these songs : an is in mainkn another form of van. * 
