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) Kathih khutjh watth pakawani. A bribe for a word and bakhshish for just going (to call a friend, &c.) A man keen upon bribes and gifts. Kathih 8H''t chhuh wAlt'm huhthi dud. By a word to cause milk to flow from the breasts of a barren woman. The power of a word in season. JCathih suet wasih weh tah kathih 9uH wank sreh, A word stirs up anger or love. Katiht Bfi, dk ? Kuty Ba, gatjhak ? Kyah chhui nuv ? Sirinih us. Sirahom gatjhah. Saa chhum hastih. Salih chhum m'v, Whence have you come, Brother? Whither are you going, ^rqther ? \Vhat is your name ? 100 1 have come from Sirin. I shall go to Sirahom. T have some pulse in my wallet. My name is Salih. A take-off upon the conventionalities of the day. Notice play upon the letter cr sin. KdHur dapnn bdtsan guts nah dnnah dyu n. Kon dapdn son guU nah kanh tih yun. Khosah dapi'-n gosah guU nah h'hsih gaUhun. The brown-haired man (or woman) says, " Why should I give food to my family ?" The one-eyed person says, "We do not want to see any one." The khosah says, ** Why should any person be angry ?" Kashmiris say an ordinary brown-haired person is invariably stingry and selfish; a one-eyed person is generally disrespected, cf. " Kixnih Jiald," &c. ; and the khosah is a man with the little goat-like beard who has got a name for affability, — cf. " Khosah 1che>i." Kdwah, hdwah, kdioah, hat. A crow, (another) crow, (a third) crow, a hundred crows. A lie increases as it goes. Cf . " The Three Black Crows —Byron. K''ioah yanihiool. A crow's wedding company. A bad wedding arrangement ; everything npside down. These words are the first line of a little verse sung, or rather shrieked forth, by littla children, who gather together in different parts of the city at evening time to play, and watch the crows come home to roost. I have seen thousands upon thousands of crows, a procession, at least, half-a-mile in length, returning past my house ; and a tremendous noise they make during the five minutes or so they are passing. This is the song the little children shout : — Kii^oah yanihwol. Murddan mol. Diham nai ras han. Kadai mulah aul. Of which the translation is : — O company of crows. Keen after your own interest. If you don't give me. a little wine. I will pull out your nest by the roots. The crow, on account of its bold and gelfish chai'^t^r, is called in Kashmir " The father of Matlab. 101 K''wtn gojih tjhar. A big basket of kernels for crows (soon gone). Citetl to a man who gobbles up his food quickly. Kawan hichhi'v hthJctt und pahm. Pananui pahin mittut, A crow learnt to walk like a cuckoo; and forgot his own walk. Si k&ndar-n&msk—Kuld^e tage kahak rd goith kard. Tage khiceshtan rd fardmoah kard, Kdwan nith nitih^han, A small piece of meat in a crow's claws. A bad debt. Kd'ci kur hdv zih fjheHwoni trdv. The crow has cawed ; throw away the tshetiwon (i.^., the water in which II indies wash their hnnds after a meal) ; and be off to your work. One of the divisions of the city of Srinaf^^ is lo far removed from the Sher Garl (or Sher Gadf J whore all the state apartments and govf>rnmont offices are sitaate<I, that the government servants, who reside there have to rise and oat their breakfasts early, so as to arrive at their posts in the Sher GaH at the right time. K''wuJ yutun kiiih hilih kheyam, tutun mashinam nah sitam As long' as the burner of the dead will not poke me (i.^., to arrange my body so that it may burn c|uickly and proper- ly), so long shall I not forget your tyranny. Ff'tynr nnr tnh parud yiW, yim donowai chkli nah tonf'dur. A pine-wood fire and a strange-countryman friend, these two are not lasting. Ki'zi tah idiitjhas myului kyah ? What has the kazi to do with an eunuch ? The jadgo is not for the good but for the evil. There are many eunuchs in the valley and they are all Muham> medans. Nearly all of them live in T^shawAn, Srinagar ; and arc employed in marriages to make amusement, or at funerals to join in the lamentations. Kf'kkih chhuh dun knnin peth, trek man ranun tah sheh man thek'ii. Krhkih's fire-place is in the top storey ; she cooks three maunds and boasts six maunds. A lying braggart. 102 Kehh mah "idh "ditcerfi tuh Icdnr tali nit am. Doa't give me anything but let me have your ear. A patronising look from those in authority is worth a large sum . Kehhahlachi'k chhuh pewun^ ddyih garih yud. A Hzard remembers a matter one hour afterwards. Natives believe that this aniinal treasures up enmity against % man and bites him afterwards, when he can do so safely. Kehtsah chon tah hehUah myon, sui gav wisah-pon. A httle for you and a little for me, this is friendship. A friend is one not merely in word, but also in deed. Kentsan ditlham guUlah yetsui ; Kentsan zontham nah dinas wur ; Kentsan Uhunitham noli brahma-hatmi. Bayawonah chunih gafs namaskdr. To some you gave many poppies (i.e., sons) ; And some you haltered (with a daughter) for murdering a Brihman (in some former existence). O Bhagawant, (the Deity, the Most High,) I adore your greatness. KenUan dyuttham aurai ulav, hentsav racheyih mUah W^eth, Kentsan achh lajih mas chet talav, hmh gai wunan phUan dit. Some Thou (O God) called from Thy heaven some held the Jhelum in their bosom. Some have drunk wine and lift their eyes upwards ; some have gone and closed their shops. Whom God will, God blesses. Kentsan dyuttham yut Mho tut, henf_san yut nah tah tut hyah ? God has given to some (blessing) here and there {i. e., in both worlds), and He has given to some nothing either here or there. Kentmn rani chhai shihij bum, nerav nebar shuhul harav. Kentsan rani chhai bar pet h hunt, nerav nebar tah zang hheyiwo. Kentsan rani chhai adal tah wadal ; hentjan rani chhai zadal tshai. 103 Some have wives like a shady chiiiar, let ns go under it and cool ourselves. Some have wives like the bitch at the door, let us go and get our legs bitten. Some have wives always in confusion, and some have wives like bad thatch upon the roof. Lai Dt'd's sayinjfs. Ketah haUi tah b/tzarjosh. False coin and bazar noise. The consequence of proing into the hixSar, It is better to have things made at hunio. Thon one may be sore of no deception. Khairah nah hog tah sharah. No share in the good, but in the evil. A roal friend. Khairas tujil iah nyi'yaB tutiL Quick to do good, but slow to quarrel. Good advice. KhainiJc gom tasalli chunih sharah nishih rachnam KhuflU. I have got the comfort of having done good ; God will bless me from your wickedness. Khaish'i-zan p'fh hani^ hhaUh-i-mard tar-gardon. A woman^s relations are honoured, but a man's relatious are despised. Khi'im tama huchhimaijih holih. An avaricious man goes to a dried-up stream (t. f., gets no profit). Avarice is always poor, but poor by his own fault. Khfitn tama tah apazyor. An avaricious man is a liar. Khan badn hhon hadi'ty manzhug chhes hum tjuf add ! A big tray, a big tray, and in the middle of it half a loaf of chaff! Ostentation. Khanabalah Khndani Tor. From Khanbal to Khadan YAr (i.e.y as far as one can go in a boat in Kashmir). Dan to Beersheba. Land's End to John O' Groat's. 104 Kkunamilen nah hoj iah parzanan mimuz. No breakfast for the sod, but a luncheon for the meaner domestics. Khandawuv hor. A shawl-weaver's load, (i.e., a little light load). ■^'Shawl- weavers are in general a sickly class. If tliey get five traks instead of six traks of paddy, the proper measure now-a-daya for one rupee, they will not notice they have short weight ; on the contrary, they wiU think that they have seven traks. (A trak is 4f sers.) Khandawdv herrutyaU Defending a shawl-weaver. Eajd Kak, who died about eighteen years ago, was over the shawl trade in Kashmir. If any person in those days took upon himself to order or harm a shawl-weaver, he was immediately summoned before KAjdK^k and severely punished. Consequently these weakly^ ill-paid people then enjoyed such immunity from petty tyranny, as they do not experience now. My servant (I am sorry to say) is constantly striking and cona- manding others '* as good as himself." He thinks that being the servant of the s^ihib he is infinitely superior to ordinary folk, and has a licence to do so. Frequently he receives the above reply, " Who are you, a shawl-weaver, to do such an act ?" Khar bud tsalinai tah ved bud laginai May bad knowledge (lit.