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1882.] R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. 
Notes. 
nabaj = nabz, the pulse : it is a curious word to use here when ndri 
and ndryd baid , a pulse-doctor, are available terms. 
mhin, hill dialect = bln, also, too, = Sansk. api : Panj. vi. 
mhm, kanen, jdndn, bhukhydn, rali'ndw , etc. All specimens of the 
nasalized inflection. See song No. 5, etc. 
icaddh’nd, Panj. to cast out. See song No. 33. 
taj'nd , Panj. to give up. 
missa-kissa, lit. mixed, food made from the leavings of various 
grains : frugal diet: coarse food. 
bahi , sitting, see song No. 18. 
gall kaddldnd, Panj. to abuse : lit. to cast out abuse. 
Jcafndn, to bear with: put up with: Panj. Gf. the expressions, 
din kafnd, to pass the day : kaid kafnd , to bear imprisonment. 
bich = Panj. vich, inside. See song No. 18. 
23. 
Amb charhi kari koel bole, bol’da sabad suliauni. 
“ JBaga n diye koele, 
Bara n tin barhiyara gori da kand ghar aya, 
Mang’da soyaw da sag, asa n kudhi ddiye P 
Ammaw jo puchhani, bapiie puchhani, jani hara 
Raiyaw de bag, bage diyaw Balyas, be. 
Sassu jo puchhani, mam soli’re jo puchhani, jani ha n 
Raiyaw de bag, bage diya n llaiyaw, be.” 
“Babe the soe, goriye, ckhutiyaw lar’ja^ lage the, 
Motiya^ de jhunje, asB* kihtm toriye ?” 
“ Lucliiyaw pakauni, thaliya pauni, upar soy Be da sag, 
Khayaw be, muhimiyBi be.” 
“ N’hoi, bo, dhoi, sej bichhai, ai-ja, tu n najo yanieee! 
Janghaee jo jikk, jahlu soi mam jangha, tahlii jaya n tu n panierc.” 
Kdngra. 
The cuckoo called, sitting in the mango tree, making a sweet call. 
“ 0 cuckoo of the gardens, 
The beauty’s husband has returned home after twelve years ; 
He asks for fennel; whence shall 1 give it P 
Asking my mother, asking my father, I will go 
To the market-gardener’s garden; O to the market-gar¬ 
dener’s garden. 
