E. O’Brien-— Notes on Kctngra Dialect. [No. 2, 
IB. Be. — I should become an ascetic, mother. I should make 
my body immortal. 
14. So Baja Gopi Chand became an ascetic. He made his body 
immortal. 
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A Song. 
Nahla di tdh Jati Lubano jo chhali, chhali puchhdi. 
Td dubld tun hit gune hoid ho. 
(A Jati of the valley chaffing, chaffing, a Lubana asks). 
She. — For what reason have you become lean ? 
Td eh tan bo tutu , bo gorie, Jami'id dd hdld ho. 
Tail ditje bo tail tuti balri prit ho. 
Re. —First, oh fair one, the Jammu revenue is deficient 
( i.e ., I cannot pay the revenue). 
Secondly, the love of a girl is broken off [i.e., I have 
been jilted). 
Tdh dhedu bdid deni hah Lubdnudh. 
Bhari deni hdh Jammudh de hale ho. 
Tdh navvi, navvi Idni hdn prit ho. 
She.-— Then you must sell your ear-rings and nose-ring, 
Lubana. 
You must pay in full the Jammu revenue. 
Then you must get a new, new love. 
Td pahile bo tdh hale bo Lubdnudh dhedu bald deni hdh. 
Duje hale math di janjiri ho. 
She. —Then at the first instalment, Lubana, you must sell 
you ear-rings and nose-ring. 
And at the second instalment the forehead chain. 
Td ammd bajhuh rahni hdh, Lubdnudh. 
Bdpu bdjliun rahni hdh. 
Tudh bajhuh dhun bo mddhuni ho. 
She. —Then you must remain without mother, 
You must remain without father. 
Without thee I am silent [i.e., sad). 
Lubdna, 
A Song. 
Uchi, uchi marhia merd sri thdkar sondd ; 
Ttddhd bail jhuldndi hdn , 
