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A smile from thoee in aathority is worth much. Mdmah-hiharah marano ddr nah tah bar no, O Mamah-hihur you are worthy of death, there is neither shutter nor door. Yon exaggerated, — you deceived mo. M&mah-hihur is the husband or wife's mother's brother. A young woman was asked by hor afllanoed husband's mother^ brother to come and see her fntore homo, which he described as very grand and beautiful. When the girl arrived at the place sho found a very humble abode without oven a shutter or a door. Mdn yd mah mdn buh chhuaai zorah nivzmdn. Whether you consent or not, I will be your guest. Mananih yiyih nah panatii tah hahaddnaa reh, A manan dues not get sufficient for itself, how (then can it obtain,) flame for the hahadiin ? Manan is a kdngrf without the wicker work. Haliaddn is a big cone-shaped fire-placo with holes in tho topt through which they stir-up and blow the fire, ^. Mandaclihahan Idhtjh tim khewdn natji, nafjn. The eunuchs ought to be ashamed of themselves, yet they dance and eat. A shameless person. Mandachhanas tannah-nannah. Rejoicing in his shame. Tannah-nannah, supposed to represent the sound of the Kashmiri cithara. " Tom, torn, torn, tannah midir ; tannan, tannan tannah nannah," the instramcnt is supposed to say. Mangawun ai tahwizen iangah'Wani andar tatih tih kariA mangaviang. If a beggar be placed in the midst of a grove of pear trees, there, even, he will beg, " Uabits arc soon assumed ; but when wc strive To strip them 'tis being tlayod alivo." 136 A Kashmiri friend tells me a story of a b^gar, whose son became a great man. However, his father still continued to beg. At last one day his son pnt the old man into a room and locked the door. At the regular times the servant carried food to him ; but it was too much for the old man, who had been accustomed for so many years to stint himself, so he only ate a Httle of the dinner, and tied up the remainder in his clothes, crying " Yi Khudd," " Thank God," as he had been accustomed to do on receipt of alms, Ma7igun tah mdjii pakun tah parism. Asking, even, from one's mother, and walking, even, one step, are hard. Mangun tah marun. To ask (a favour) is to die (i.e, you put yourself under an obligation — you lose your independence). Mantinih lejih pdnzu. Six pounds weight of anything to a three pound pot. A man in adequate to circumstances. Manut tah phambah dyoiig tah hdyuk bardbar, A three pounds weight and a ball of cotton and the scales are equal. A sharp fellow without any principle, who will, and can, say or do anything to accomplish his object. Manz atmn chhuh hanz atmn. To go between (i.e.y to act as a surety) is to put your head into a mortar. A certain man borrowed some money, and persuaded a friend to become surety for him. The mean man as soon as he had obtained the money spent it and ran away from the country. The poor surety was punished by having to keep a mortar upon his head for a certain time. " Manz atsun, chhuh kanz atsun," cried he, as the people going by laughed and jested at him. Manz gdm jeshnah husih run garih. Dancing and feasting in the village, whilst Husih Run (who has paid the expenses of the tamasha) is indoors. Cited when the very person who ought to be present, is not present. Manz gani manzamis ; Icalah sarddras ; lat gunahgdras tah bechdras. The middle portion (of the fish) for the middle-class man ; the head for the host ; and the tail for the sinner and the helpless. 137 Mdhz thav tulil dud math athan. Sheikh chhuh hdJtim, Knlhan chheh hdtj. Rub milk over the hands and take off the colour. The Shekh is ruler. There is fear of accusation from one*8 words. Oppression. Shekh frndm^d-din hated the Hindiis. One day, a day fixed for the celebration of a very ^rand Hindii wedding, he sent an order that no wedding was to take place. , The people heart-sore and weary said the above words. This Irailm-nd-dtn also forbad the Hind6s to wear the tik^ Mdhz is the Lawnonia inermis^ the Indian HinnA, with which the people stain the nails of their hands and feet. Mdr pethtti gilkdr ; dr kh^ni chhii tjuJci ndr ; Wr hheni chhii shajdr ; zdras gindun khabarddr ; hw tent ehhai tabarddr ; nechuv zun chhui syud dastdr. One should build upon the bank of MAr ; eating &t is bitter like fire ; eating cucumbers is cooling ; beware of gambling ; the birth of a girl is like a wood-cutter to you ; but the birth of a son is as a straight turban. Miir is a canal which flows through tht northern portion of Srinagar. It rosonibles the old canals in Venice. It is croM8e<i by several ancient Btune bridges and is fringed in many places with troos and festooned with vines. Ar, Alu-i'Bolchdra,'l*runu domMtica. Kur tint chhai tabarddr — Like as the woodcntt4sr " brings down** the trees and cuts them up, so a daughter is a continual strain upon the father's purse. Syud dastdr is an ezpresnon signifying prosperity. Marahah tah garih chhum nah hank. I would die, but there is nobody in the house with me. '• Whosover is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Bacon. Mdrdkan gafjhan d^uni dydrah der tah ydrah der tah batah der. For quarrelling, a heap of money, plenty of friends, and abun* dance of food are required. Money — to bribe and pay court fees, Ac. Friends — to swear falsely and back you up. Food — to nourish and strengthen in those troublons times. 18 138 Maranas nah mohal tah mast kdsanas nah fursat tah hdrih nah zi. No time for dying and no leisure for shaving (he is so busy), and yet he has not one cowrie's income. Lots of work and small pay. Mdras mdrih^ tdras tdrih, ydras Ithyduoih tsuht tah tang. He will smite the man, who has to be smitten, will help the man who has to cross the river, and will feed the friend with apples and pears. A man au fait at most things. This is also a Kashmiri riddle, of which the answer is a stick. Maras Uohg zdlun goyd kih saras pamposh phulun. To light a lamp in the house is like the flowering of the lotus on the lake. A son is the lamp of the family. Hindu saying. — Kul ko dipah putr hai ; mukh ko dipak pan ; Ghar ko dipak istri ; dJiar ko dipak pran. Maratsah wdngan hhdr ai hheyik tds Tcadih nah tyut chhuh sun tah sahgin ! If he eats one kharwar of red pepper he will not smack his lips ; so deep and philosophical is he ! An unexcitable disposition j semper idem. Maraz galih wedah-wdn ddat Jcatih galih ? The disease will go by the doctor's shop, but the habit will never go. Habit is second nature. Mardz-o-Kamrdz ; shahr chhuh Yamrdz. Mardz and Kamraz ; the city is Yamraz. Yamrdz is the city, where everything finds its way. " O, everything in London." These are the three great divisions of the valley. Mar4z is the whole S. E. end. Kamraz is the N. and W. end and the water-shed of the Jhelum as far as its junction with the Krishna Gangd. Yamrdz is the city of Srinagar, &c. Maspyav mas bdnih, yes pyav sui zdnih. Wine has fallen into the wine- vessel ; that vessel knows (its strength, smell, &c.) into which it has fallen. Experience is the best teacher. 139 Mm wunchih pefh nindar. Sleep upon a wine-cask. A man of property. In the lap of luxury. Mat phuiarit bobut ! Breaking a mat for a bobus. Spoiling a good thing in order to make an inferior article. Hat is a large earthenware vessel. Bobus is a small earthenware vesael aboat the size of a slop basin. The saying originated many years ago in this way. One day a child was playing fireworks with bobuses. He got some gunpowder and put a little into each bobus, and then ignited them. At one time ho conld not find a bobus, and so ho broke up a mat and made something like bobuses out of the shreds. His father was very much shocked and said, " What breaking up a mat for a bobus !" Mat anas nuithk. Practising madness. An unseasonable or impoflsiblo study. Mdta$ tak kahri chhuh hisdb. There is an account between the corpse and the grave. Mattn hund dup chhui baldyan thup, A madman's speech is a check to misfortune. A madman's word, and a good man's word, are thought to bo of equal value, beoavae mad men are supposed by the common folk to bo very good. Though they sin, the people say they do nut sin ; fur they kBow not sin, but are like the bMsts of the field. Matis chhch batani vnr. A madman is only anxious about his dinner. Matlab ohhuh tjatdn put-lab. Matlab cuts the back wall of the house.