214 R. C. Temple— Some Hindu Folksongs from the Fan jab [No. 3, 
agent with ne ; (tin, fern, and en, masc. This is very common in the hills. 
F. q., as familiar examples, ghoridw khai liyd , the mare eat it : ghoren khcii 
liyd, the horse eat it. See song Nos. 44, etc. 
48. 
Jhul, jhul, merijm pakhiye ; lap lap kar’de nag: 
Bir biyah’na chalya mnndhe?z sab’j kuman : 
Bir biyaha aya ai-baitha thandhe bag. 
Hal mila, saheliyo : bhabo dekhan jana n, 
Bhabo da Id dekh’na P Sawwal’ri mutyar ! 
Bhaiya sada hai gaiib’na^ : bhabo hai chak-chal! 
Kdngrd. 
Move in and out, my fan, as the snake turns and twists : 
My brother has gone to his wedding with his green bow on his shoul¬ 
der. 
My brother has returned married, and sits in a cool garden. 
Come together, maids,—to go and see our sister-in-law. 
What is there to see in our sister-in-law ? She is nut-brown and full 
grown ! 
Our brother is meek : our sister-in-law is tricky. 
Notes . 
pakhiye, pakhi , = pankhi, a small fan. See song No. 31. 
lap lap kar'nd , to twist in and out, to wriggle along : hill dial. Of. 
Panj., lapli , a wave, surge, billow ; Hind., lap jhap chdl, a rapid awkward 
gait; lipdia, to bend as a cane. 
mundhe n sabj kuman : green bow on shoulder, fully armed or dressed. 
Mundhe n, nasal inflect., on the shoulder. In the old days in Kangra, the 
carrying of a green bow was the sign of being fully got-up for a holiday 
occasion. Green is the usual colour for luck in India. 
< mutyar , Panj., a fully developed girl: grown-up girl: a girl of the 
age of puberty. Also = mot a, fat, stout. 
sddd, Panj. = asddd , our. 
chak-chal , hill dial., clever, sharp, tricky. Of. Hind, chik’na, oily ; 
chik’ni-chup’ri bat, oily speech, flattery : chak’ma, a trick. 
49. 
“ Ni budhye, buhe de wich hai chuh’ra ; 
Ti in sitt-de ghar da kura ; 
Tur'te lai jawe.” 
