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Watih harav maslahat Icatih karav dun ? Vifidaras bihit giUahpanun htiwai, thutih j>an khurai ajih dusih tun. Vaharih piU'djh gaz j)at pdwah n^iwai; hdwai garah karun k''ho gav, Sutih width gov pdktjh aah tih nov chuwai ; umrih thtiwai gursah tamann/i Kaiih peih watihpeth bunah phutarutoi ; huwai garah karun keho gav. Stint t khct chU pingah thoh Mwai ; huwai garah karun keho gov. Lej pashpf'wai mt'j mashrdwai ; hnwai garah karun keho gav. Going to 'Id gah what shall we cook? Let us take counsel on the road, where we shall make the fire-place. Sitting at my wheel I will show you my wisdom. I . will stretch the bad cotton to half the height of the wall. I will get a five-yard than for you out of six pounds of wool ; I'll show you the manner of my house. I will never get the milk at early morning from five cows j but I will keep you all your life waiting for milk. 88 At a word upon the road I will break the pot ; I'll show you the manner of my house. I will eat and drink with my friends, but keep the millet-seed and straw for you. I'll show you the manner of my house. I will give you the strainings of the pot ; and you will forget your mother. I'll show you the manner of my house. A lazy, ill-tempered woman. The author of these words is unknown, but everybody knows them and quotes them, in whole or in pait, and sometimes in song, against that woman, through whose bad temper, indiscretion, or extrava,- gance, the husband has been brought to ruin. 'Id gdh, 'Id., Arab., (the place of sacrifice), is a beautiful park-like plain lying just outside the right of Srinagar. At its northern end there is a fine old wooden mosque overshadowed by some lofty ohinar trees. The mosque is called the 'Ali Masjid, and was built in the time of Sultdn Husain Badshah by Khwdja Hasti, Sonar, about 1471 A. D, No Muhammedan observes the fast of the Eamazan with greater strictness than the Kashmiri. TMn is a piece of cloth. A five-yard thdn would be an extremely small one ; and six pounds of wool, if properly spun, &c., should make a full thdn of ten yards or more. Illat galih tah udai galih nah. The ill may go, but the habit will stick. Ilm he-amal goya hik an sindis atlias mashal. Knowledge unused is like a torch in the hand of a blind man. Persian — ^Ilm % he 'amal zamhur i he-'asal. Ilmas gatshih amal usuni. Knowledge should be brought into use. Insun cJihuh poshik Ichulah uwel tah hanik Ichutah dur, Man is more fragile than a flower, and yet harder than a stone. A man's own pain or trouble affects him, but not he tears and pain of another. Insanak sund kimat clihui satowuh-shat rupayih. The price of a man is Rs. 2,700. Two men get angry with one another and fight. The above saying is generally quoted by the man who is getting the worst of the scrimmage, and wishes to end it. Two reasons have been told me why this sum especially has been set as the price of a man. One reason is, that in the days of the Mughals Kupees 2,700 was the fine imposed upon every murderer in lieu of Lis life. Another reaaon is, that Akbar, like other equally 89 great and envied monarch^, was accustomed to sleep in secret places. Sometimes he would disguise himself as a faqfr, or as a shopkeoiier and sleep by the roadside or in a shop. One night ho wandered a little farther than nsoal and found himself in a foreign and uncul* tivated country. Strange to say, his favorite minister, Blr Bal, had also strayed to the same place. They met, and while they were engaged in conversation, an one-eyed man came up to them, and said to the king, " You have taken out my eye, which I think to bo worth the sum of Rupees 1,200. Give mo this money, or restore to me my other eye." Akbar was nonplussed by the man's sudden appearance and audacious request ; but B{r Bal was equal to the occasion, and replied, '* Yes, it is quite true. Wo have your eye ; and if you will come to-morrow morning, we will return it to you." The man agreed and left. Bfr Bal immediately sent off to the butchers for some sheep's eyes. After some time they arrived, and he had them put each one separately into a little wooden box by itself. In the morning the man came again ; and when ho arrived he was informed that the king had several eyes by him, and that it was impossible to tell which particular one belonged to this man. Would ho kindly allow his other eye to be taken out, so that it might bo weighed and measured ; in that way they would bo able to tell which of the number of eyes lielongi'd to him. The man was bliii(le<l for life, and henceforth pave no more trouble to the king. (So much did the p<tor man value his sight, that he estimated each eye at Kupees 1,200, and the whole rest of the body at Rapoea 800 only.) InsdtKU gaUhih uauni khoe. Poahaa gaUhih usuni hot. Politeness is required in man. Scent is requireu in a flower. " As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so doet politeness before men."— Greville. Insunas tah instmas chht'h titj tafiwai, YiU khudoyas tah bandas chheh. Between man and man tliere is as great diffei-ence as there is between God and a slave. There are no two persons alike. Jumah Mashidih handin nimuz athah. The Juma Masjid people have given up praying. While people from the country come in crowds to the great mosque of the city, the people living close to the mosque sit in their shops all through the Friday hoping for trade ; and they are not disappointed. Nimdt alhahf lit., prayers from the hand — oat of hand — gone- 12 00 Izzat chkuh pananis dsas andar. Honour is inside your mouth. Take heed to your words. Izzatich hur tah be-izzatich kJuir chheh bardbar. A cowrie obtained honourably and a kharwar obtained dis- honourably are equal in value. 91 K Kahuh ret sanz bnih. Like an eleven month's man. A man who Htiiits himself now, that he may be rich hereafter. A man hearing t'at^ "'<' was cheap and K^, bonght as mnch as he thought won Id be sufliciont for the next year, ami stored it away in his house. Kashmi'ris are constantly storing something or other, so that their houses generally resemble a small gtnlown. Well, it hap|)oned, that this man had not coiToctly reckoned, and that there was only enough for eleven months in store. What was he to do ? II o had sjient all his money, and to borrow ho was ashamed. Accordingly ho determined to fast for one month, and stupid man like ho was, ho thought that it would be much bettor to have the fast now instead of having to look forward to it all through the (>lovon months, lie had not faith in God to supply his wants here- after. The consequence was that the man and wife and all the family died just before the fast was over, and left eleven months' rice iu the house ! Kahan garan hunt tdv ; himmat rdv tah wanav has ? Only one frying-pan for eleven houses ; courage gone ; and to whom shall we spe<ik \ Time of great distress. Kahan gdv ruvmutj. Eleven men have lost h cow between them. A great loss, but many to share it. Kahan gayih kuni waniy tini guyih rani amni. Eleven men came to the same unfortunate state ; they each went and fetched a wife for themselves. Cited when several male members in a household are nnfortonate. Kahan kah watah. Eleven roads to eleven men. Tot homines, tot sententUh. Kahan hunui fthaitnn. One wicked fellow for eleven men. Uindustuni.— £i; machhli sdre UiUih ko fjanda karti hai. Kahan imli puturan hunui srunah-jyat. One loin cloth to eleven fathers and sous. Climax of distress. 92 Kahan ihawim sui dkis nah Uhan^m wui. He promises eleven people but does not throw food to one. Great promises but little deeds. Kajih hanzah Tcorih sat, Kaj and her seven daughters. There was a poor deaf woman who had seven daughters, whom shesupported with the greatest difficulty. At last God seeing her struggle gave her seven handfuls of food secretly every day. After a time the mother thought that if she left one daughter to go her own way, she might save one handful of food, or, at all evens, have a little more to give to the others. But God only gave her six handfuls then. After a while she sent another daughter away and then another, but still God continued giving one handful less for each girl dismissed, until at last not one daughter and not a scrap of food were left to the woman. Kukun huput. Father's bear. Nothing really to be afraid of.