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Shir in o Khusrau: — Nitshdte *umr bdshad td ha si siil Chihil dmnd faro rezad par o bdl Pas az panjdh na hdahad tandwusti Basar kundi pazirad pU siisfi Chu shast dnuid nishast dmad ba dewdr Chu haftdd dmad aftdd dlat az kir Ba hajfhtdd o nawad chun dar raddi Basd sakhti ki az giti kashidi Waz anjd 'jar 6.x sad manvil rnsdni Bmcad mar<je ba siirat zindagdni. 216 Balthasar Gracian, in his " Oraculo Manual," has a similar saying : " Reason makes its appearance after seven years, and every seven years the disposition alters. At twenty years of age one is a pea- cock ; at thirty years of age, a lion ; at forty years of age, a camel ; at fifty years of age, a snake ; at sixty years of age, a dog; at seventy years of age, an ape ; and at eighty years of age, nothing. " " Three things make a prodigy, and are the highest gift of Heaven's liberality — a fruitful intellect, a profound judgment, and a pleasant and elevated taste. At twenty years of age the will rules ; at thirty years of age the intellect rules ; and at forty years of age the judg- ment rules." Tralms wuhhu I j) drsang . A mortar as an equipoise for one trak (4fsers). An incorrect weight. Trdmahwen bdnan chhuh Uuh dmut. The copper vessels have got their bottoms burnt. Only the wealthier classes use copper vessels ; hence the mean- ing is, that trouble visits the great also sometime?. Tran chizan chheh nah yets hdl tun Tcdimi rozdn, Him be-bahsy vk'I be-tiji'rat, iah nmlh be-siyi'.sai. Three things have no long continuance ; knowledge without argument (exercise) ; wealth without commerce ; and a country without law and management Cf. Gulist^ri Ch. viii. — Se chiz ast ki hild se chiz neme mdnad, 'Urn he hahs, mdl he tijdrat viulk he siydsat. TrdwamnU Ihuk ningalani. To swallow one's spittle. Taking back a divorced wife, or dismissed servant. Treh hat noh bnliai puhUhi. Three paisas not twelve mites. Six, not half-a-dozen. Three pais^s are equal to twelve mites, but there was once a very stupid fellow who would not see this. Hence the above saying is sometimes quoted on receiving any stupid answer. Trukis hatha mudds lorih hatd. To the sharp a single word ; to the dull a hundred stripes. Trushis gardfvshis. A spirited person angry for an hour. 217 Tsak dap ^* beni,*' buh dapak *' buyih-*' panani khth chheh pananih jdyih. You say "sister,'* I will say "brother.'* Each one's matter is in its own place. Wo are both guilty. The only thing for us both to do, is not to go and poach ono on the other, bat to smother oar foolings and keep qaiot abont it. Tfiah tah buh lak Lutah hdk. You and 1 and Mr. Plunder. A secret between two people j lot both of them take caro not to inform against each other ! K^k is a term implying intense respect for the person thus addressed, and is common both to the Muhamniodans and Hindus. A son will thus address his father ''llatah, sah, Kdk." The younger moinbers of the family >vill thus address thoir eldest brother, " W/ilah, sah, Anand Kdk." And any very respected person outsido the family may thus sometimes be addressed, " Boziv, sah, Nardyan Kdk." Notice that only the father is called simply K6k. Kdk is also the name of a Hindfi soot in Kashmir. Tsalanas lak. Running instead of fleeing. Trying to overcome a diflBcnlty in a *• half-and-half " sort of way. Tfalawun^n bohth tah IdrawunH path. In front of the runners-away, but the last of the pursuers. A coward. T^am tah nam ivuthit ruhhsat. Alter wearing one's skin and nails away in hard work to be dismissed (without pay)! A tyrannical master. Tsar chheh aki phnlih bdpat hairdn. A sparrow is m distress about one grain. A poor man's need, just a mite will relieve. T^arcn zuwan tuphui hyah ? Tsaris gamas gamid kyah ? What is a httle more irritation to a woman whose head is full of lice 1 What is grief to a person already overwhelmed with it ? This proverb is sometimes also thus interpreted : — When there are many lico where is the sting ? When there is much grief where is the grief ? (e. jr., A famine, a war, or any other general calamity.) Sikandar-NAma. — Ki vuirge ba ambuh rd jashan hhund. 28 218 Tsarih chhuh handi-tharih pethui rdhat. There is rest for the sparrow upon the thorn-bush. Each man finds rest in his own proper state and station. Tsarih hund wunthui Jtyah chhuh ? What is inside the paunch of a sparrow ? No help from a helpless man, and no mercy from a merciless fellow. Tsarih Tiashanah chhuh rat yiwun. Blood comes from much scratching. From much teasing, a quarrel ; from much work, exhaustion ; from much reading, madness, &c. Tsaris gat as chhuh tsur hhur. The wiser the man, the greater the blame (if he errs). Tsatit hendaivand Uahit soda. Cutting a water-melon, and tasting the things (before purchase). Advice on going to the b^ar. TsachamaUih ungajih nunah phei. A pinch of salt to a cut finger. A sharp word, a mean trick. Tsei hishih gabih chhid nt/ur Jchasan ! What a ewe like you climbing up to the meadow ! An expression of contempt for another person's powers. Tsentah Dewahnih wadiwih. Tsentah Dev's congratulations. Tsentah Dev was a very poor man with a very large family. Children were born so quickly that it seemed as if the people were always coming to congratulate him on the introduction of another member into his already numerous family. He got very angry and unhappy about affairs ; but still his family so increased that now his numerous household and constant congratulations have passed into a proverb. Tshalas tal chhui hust tih hand. The elephant also is caught in the trap. A great many things that are left undone as being impossible might easily be accomplished if people would only think a Httlc. t r 219 Txhenimutj yeni hish. Like broken warp. A weak, useless fellow. Txhofui chhuh mut. A little is good {i.e., a little dinner, pride, money &c.) T^huche Uhuche hdnine, zyufhut waharum hdk ; Vufhui ausum karamah Ion tithui pyem gruk, I spread out my fine vegetables under the roof; And as was my lot so the buyer fell to me. A bad day's basinoss. Txhun ^taijumak khas larih peth, tjhun huhsh tah har thas, ihas. Put on trowsers, climb the house, put on the kilhsh and tap on the ground as you go. A boasting fop. K^hsh is a kind of shoe worn by women in Kashmir, having high iron hools, and the uppers lessening towards the heels. T^kitpih chhtii lyut ph/ndak yut sinis pdkah auet. As much profit from silence as there is profit to the dinner from cooking. Tshupah chkai wupah-kdr. Silence is profitable. Tshupah chheh rupah sunz. Silence is silvern. Tftkupul gupun gudiimi khdv ; Ddndai ednih, yas pihun ij'iv. The silent heifer eats the tether ; That ox will know who has to bear the yoke. Experience teaches. Tshur at hah chhuh nah atjon dsas tih. An empty hand does not even enter the mouth. Bo liberal and generous wherever you go, and into whosoever's house you enter ; if there is nothing in your hand you do not think of putting it to your mouth as though to oat, &c. Tshurui phar tah gontshan war. Empty boasting and twirling of moustaches. You may take his price from the worth of his clothes. Three Kashmiris on account of their i)ovorty went to Delhi, to see what they could do for themselves there. They do not, iowever, 220 seem to have bettered themselves very much, for after some years when they had paid all their bills, and the expenses of a return journey to their own country, they found that they all three together were only worth one gold ring, a gold tooth, and a gold- worked turban tail. One day in the course of their perambulations they stopped out- side a butcher's shop in the village of Drugjan with the intention of buying something. The man with the ring pointed with his jewelled finger to a piece of goat's flesh, and asked the price, *' Yeta bakha ketci kdwe ?" " What is the price of this goat's flesh ?" The man with the gold tooth, lifting his upper lip in speaking, said, " Das tdkke, das takke." Two anas, two anas. The man with the grand turban, shaking his head, said, " Pdwe, pdwe " i. e., " You'll get it, you'll get it." All this time the butcher was silent ; but now seeing that th^y had finished, he quoted the above proverb, " Empty boasting and twirling the moustaches." The language of these three men is supposed to be bad Panjabi. Tshui ai Jchemah kami lubah ? If I eat the remnants of the dinner, with what desire shall I eat it ?