1882.] It. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Fanjdb. 195 
pauni (also pana) in Panj. = commonly Hind, pana to get ; but also 
frequently in these songs = dal’na, to place, put, cast, throw. 
muhimiydn , muhimt , a brave man, a warrior ; a village word corrupted 
from muhimm , Arab., a difficult thing. In Hind, it means a military ex¬ 
ploit, a brave and difficult accomplishment. 
bo , my dear, my love. See song No. 18. 
ndjo ydnien , young and delicate beauty ; ndjo is a Hind. poet, cor¬ 
ruption of ndzuk , Pers. delicate. 
jahlu-tahlu , when-then. See song No. 15. 
janghd , fut. form ; I will go, cf.pdnghi. , I will throw (pana) in song 
No. 45. See also songs Nos. 15, 21. soi main jdnghd, I will go to sleep. 
Cf song 44. 
soi, seems here, as in several other places, to be a termination of 
.the conjunctive participle. 
The address to the cuckoo commences with “ bagtm diye koele” : the 
market-gardener speaks at “ bahe the soe” : the woman addresses her 
husband at “ luchiya?z pakauniand the husband answers at “ n’hoi, bo, 
dhoi.” 
24. 
Pan’ghat ko jal bharan jat thi 
Bat m en man-rakhu an mila : 
Dukh mera sara janda riba bari, 
Kal’ja phule sahi babot kbila. 
Kdngra. 
I was going to the watering-place to draw water, 
And my lover met me on the road : 
All my trouble went away altogether, 
And my heart blossomed greatly like a flower. 
Notes. 
Fan'ghat = pani-ghat, the place by the river or well side, where women 
go for water. 
jat, common vulgar Hindi form = jata, jati. 
bat = bat = Hind, bat a road, see song No. 18. 
man-rakhu , lit., keeper of the heart, lover: cf. chit-rakhu song’ No 
27. ■ 
bari, enclitic, indeed, altogether: see song No. 7. 
kdVjd = kalija, the heart (liver). 
sahi, hill dialect = sa, like. 
