1882.] R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. 197 
Seeing your face 
I became mad. 
Then you laughed, my dear, 
And tears fell from me. 
Notes. 
muwhew, a strong example of the final nasalization frequently noted 
above. 
bJiatoi , mad. (?) = Hind, bhutaha, possessed of a devil. 
hast pai ■= hawsi pari, laughed. See song Nos. 21, 47. 
riyoi, it is said that there are two verbs : rona, to weep, riyond , to 
weep involuntarily. 
maite = maitow and maithoft: Panj. from me. 
27. 
Kya kanm ! Ja n mam kuthu ? 
Mera dhag’ra mil’da hai nahm. 
Dbund’kar sare hi dekha : 
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Chit-rakhu mil’da hai nahm. 
Kangra. 
What shall I do ? Whither shall I go ? 
I cannot find my love. 
Searching everywhere I have seen, 
(That) the keeper of my heart is not found. 
Notes. 
Jaw, a notable form — ja nasalized. 
Kuthu ? = kithu ? hill dialect, whither ? cf. kudhi? where ? in 
song No. 23. In the hills tithu is in that place ; uthu, in that place ; 
kithu? in what place? etc. The Panj. forms are ethe, kithe, etc. Cf. 
also the form kusi (hill dial.) = kisi, any one : song No. 31 : and kus ? 
song No. 53. 
Cliit-rakhu, lit., keeper of the heart, a lover. See song No. 24 where 
the expression is man-rakhu , with precisely the same meaning. 
28. 
Re jadu kar’ke mera man mohya : 
Re jadu kar’ke mera man mohya : 
He jadu kar’ke mera man mohya, 
Ap’ne begane se khoya. 
Re jadu kar’ke mera man mohya : 
Re jadu kar’ke mera man mohya. 
Kangra. 
