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tliand'ri = thandi, cold. The insertion of r and r in such words 
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is not uncommon. See song Nos. 44, 45. 
bes, (a curious word) the best, Fallon, New Hind. Diet, has 
bis, adj., better, more excellent. 
43. 
“Ni kurye, ja tun sauh’rian pind !” 
“ Dungi khui te ghara nahin khich’da.” 
“ Lai, lai hath wicli tind ! 
Ni kurye, ja sauh’ridn de pind !” 
Punjab. 
“ My daughter, go you to your husband’s village!” 
“ The well is deep and the water-pot does not draw.” 
“ Take a small water-pot in your hand ! 
My daughter, go to your husband’s village !” 
Notes. 
This song is a hit at the hard work, young wives are made to do in 
their husband’s houses, and their unwillingness to leave their own homes. 
ni, vocative exclamation used towards women. Panj. 
leuri, Panj., a virgin; but used by parents to their daughters, 
married or unmarried. 
sctuldridnpind, sauh’rd, father-in-law, sauh’rian, Panj. parents-in- 
law. 
pincl , Panj. a village. Sauh’ridn. de pind, Panj. parents-in-law’s 
village = husband’s home. 
te — ate, Panj. and. 
ghara, tind ; ghara, the ordinary earthen pot for water ; tind, Panj. 
the small earthen water-pot used with a Persian-wheel in wells ; here obvh 
ously used for the dim. of ghara. 
leich — rich = bich ; inside, in. See song No. 18. 
kliiclddd = khainch’ta, draws. Of. uckian, next song. 
44. 
Gharyan, be tun clihail lohara, 
U'chian dandian diura, be. 
Diura bal’san sammak-rati, 
A't’ra ghol’san bariya parati: 
Main ghar bir prahunan, be. 
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