1882.] B. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Punjab. 203 
36. 
Babal mora re, naiyar chhuta jae ; 
Char kahar mori ji, doliya le-ao, re : 
Apna begana chhuta jae. 
Kdngrd. 
Ah my father, I must leave my house ; 
Four bearers, dear, have brought my palanquin ; alas! 
I must leave my friends and acquaintances. 
Notes. 
This song is sung when the bride leaves for her husband’s house. 
Fallon New Hind, Diet. art. apna quotes from the North-West Provinces 
this song in words almost identical with the above. He calls it the 
Departure Song or ehali ka git . 
Apna bigana chhuta jae ! 
Babal re, mora naiyar chhuta jae ! 
naiyar , Hind. poet, for naihar, the father’s or parent’s house, one’s 
home. 
apna begana , friends and acquaintances. See song No. 28. 
37. 
Bedardi swami ne mujhko 
Phulchhariyoft se mara, re : 
Chhariyo^ se mart na marungl ; 
Bolan se ati mara, re. 
Kdngrd . 
My hard-hearted husband 
Beat me with flower-sticks, alas ! 
Beaten with flower-sticks I will not die ; 
(But) he beat me much with words, alas ! 
Notes. 
On the 4th day after the marriage it is the custom for the bride and 
bridegroom to fight a duel with light sticks covered with flowers. 
Phulclihari , chhari , a light stick covered with flowers used for the 
purpose of this duel. The duel is of course a sham one and has led to a 
proverb quoted by Fallon, New Hind. Diet. art. chhari, Mai n ne is ke 
phul ki chhari bhi nabm marl, I never touched him at all. 
ati is pure Sansk. very much, much, = Hind, atka, atki. 
