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Fdmen, peten, nasalized inflect., see previous song. 
lardy aw , wife. See song No. 38. 
char — dehdr or achehdr , pickle. 
turnb, Panj. touch, feeling. 
41. 
Rupe dariya n 
Batte bich gallaw kitiyaw ; 
Sun, kitiya n, ji! 
Baruye diyaft katoriya^ pitiyaft ; 
Sun, pitiya^, ji ! 
Rupa’s wife 
Sits by the roadside talking, 
Listen, talking, Sir! 
Drinking cups of wine, 
Listen, drinking, Sir! 
Notes. 
Chambd. 
This is the last of the chaffy marriage songs. 8ee song No. 38. To 
sit by the roadside and to talk to the passers by is considered the height 
of impropriety in a woman (see song No. 18), and here it is added to by 
drinking wine. 
darky dw , wife. See song No. 39. 
batte bich galldw. kdtiyan . See song No. 18, where almost the same 
expression occurs in the same sense. 
Home Customs. 
42. 
Ajji main ne jana ho ap’ne des : 
Sundar kar’ke bhes, banka kar’ke bhes, 
Nir’mal jal, bari thand’ri pawan hai, 
Mukh’ra dekh’na bes. 
Ajji ma in ne jana ho ap’ne des. 
Kdngrd. 
To-day I must go to my own country : 
Making myself handsome, making myself smart. 
(There) the water is pure, and the wind is cool, 
And the faces beautiful to look upon. 
To-day I must go to my own country. 
Notes. 
ajji = aj, to-day. 
ban, also, moreover. See song No. 7. 
