180 R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. [No. 3, 
Notes, 
Sdunla, properly dark-brown : dark complexioned : swarthy: here evi¬ 
dently black. 
Hans : a swan, goose, but with the majority of Panjabis a mythical 
bird which lives by the sea-side entirely on pearls and on no other kind of 
food. It is said to be the whitest thing known, as we say ‘ white as snow.’ 
See song No. 5. 
Ate rag : a very elliptical expression, the verb being left out; the 
sense is ‘ gave to each bis song.’ 
Far utdran'h&r : much used idiomatically in the sense of ‘ will obtain 
salvation’, ‘ will be saved.’ 
12 . 
Hona hai, so ho riha! 
Ate an’hona nahm hoe ! 
Wade wadere jatan kar 
Pran gae han khoe ! 
Fanjcib. 
What is to be, is now going on ! 
What is not to be, could never have been ! 
Great forefathers make plans 
And lose their lives. 
Notes . 
Hona liai etc. Cf Fallon’s New Hind. Diet. art. an, an’honi hoti 
nahm, aur honi howan’har, what is not to be is not, and what will be is 
being. The doctrine of fatalists. 
Wade wadere: Panj. words. Wada = bara, great: wadera (also 
wadaru) an ancestor, forefather ; said to mean also ‘a wise man.’ 
RELIGIOUS SONGS, CUSTOMS. 
13. 
Ajji mam ne Ganga nahane jana ; 
Suno, mam ne Jam’na nahane jana. 
Ganga nahana, 
Jam’na nahana, 
Sar’ju me» ghota lagana. 
Punjab. 
