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39. 
Ba gen gajar muli, 
Mera man bolda : 
Ram en dari mundhara di gajuli, 
Mera man bolda. 
Kangrd. 
The carrot and radish of the garden 
My heart desires: 
Rama’s wife, wanton from the beginning, 
My heart desires. 
Notes. 
This is the second of the four chaffy marriage songs. See song 
No. 38. 
huge n, Fame n, good instances of the nasalized inflect. See songs 
38 and 5, etc. 
gdjar mull is a common idiom to signify anything worthless ; hence 
the sting of this song. 
man bolda , idiom, lit., my heart speaks ; I desire, wish for, want. 
Fame n, as Suba in song 38, this is merely a generic name, any other 
would do. 
dari, hill dial., wife. Of. Hind., dara, a woman ; dan, slave-girl, 
concubine ; whence Hind, and Panj. daridar, a bastard. The Ludiana 
Panj, Diet, says dari is a female slave taken in war, but is used as a term 
of sportive abuse. Perhaps ‘ Rama’s woman’ would be the best rendering 
here. 
mundhan, Panj. mundh, muddh , the beginning. Of. Panj. and Hind, 
mund, the head : Hind, mundh, muddh, chief, head. 
mundhan di, from the beginning. 
gajuli, hill dial, (lit., itching) wanton. 
40 . 
Rame% diya n lariya n khada nimbwe da char. 
Pet en tumb hoi. 
Rama’s wife eats lime pickle, 
And has a feeling in her stomach. 
Chambd. 
Notes. 
This is the third of the chaffy marriage songs. See song No. 38. It 
is a double entendre. 
