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The custom of Hindis at the first marriage is to make the bride and bridegroom sleep together in the husband's house for one day only. After which they are separated until the bride attains the age of puberty. Among Muhammedans the couple sleep together for a whole week, and then are separated. In the saying above the bride is supposed to have reached her mother-in-law'a dwelling, and immediately on arrival she is told to go to her room . •' For this very purpose I have come," says the girl. *' Wuth nikah kdm kar." ** Nikah chhus tah hekah nah." '• Wuth nikah batah kheh.** Vul imjon katih chhuh ?'* *' Get up, youngster, and work.'* ** I am weak and cannot." ** Get up, youngster, and eat something." "Where is my big pot?" Wuthiv kothev bihiv kothev kheyiv ihikt'r mdz. Wuihiv nai bihiv nai tah kheyiv panun nUz. Get up knees and sit down knees and eat the flesh of the prey ; If you wont get up and sit down then eat your own flesh. Work is health and life. Tf^utih wulah, madano. Come, O friend, and be tempted j (not I, I know better). Wutini baliiyih tut. ^ Another gets his punishment. The wrong man. U'^uvur matyd tih wunah Uur karih bcyih ? Is the weaver so mad that he will again steal wool ? A bnmt child dreads the fire. PanjabS. — A^ di\ jalid titdne te dardd hat. 238 Wuvuri sundi tJydran dah sets, A weaver's wealth is ten anas, A stupid man with a little money who wishes to be thought a ^eat personage. There was a poor wretched weaver who had only ten anas, which he hid in the dust under his feet. He put five ^nas under one foot and five ^u5s under the other foot, and while he was weaving he used to work his feet up and down (as if at a treadmill) and say " Is phallih pdnch, us phallih pdnch," which translated is " Five in this place and five in that place." News of this got wind, and one day the poor weaver lost all his ten ^nas. He then continued to say, *' Is phallih toh, us phallih toh" of which the interpretation is, " On this side chaff and on that side chaff." — It appears that the thief had put some chaff in the place of the money stolen. Wuzalih h'lnih tsup hadun. To bite oa the red side (of an apple, &c.) A gaint share in the partnership. " Wuzamui, naU naU tai ai panziai.^' ** O monkey, dance upon loan." A debtor's reply to a hard creditor. Some of the natives earn their living by training monkeys to dance and do other tricks. They take them about, as they do in England, to the people's houses, and some of the people give them money, while others promise to give on the morrow. " Wuzamj/o kutu guk ?'* " Sorer rdwaramh." *♦ O debt, whither gone ?" *' To increase the debt." Keep out of the clutches of the money-lender. 239 Yn pur nah tah dur. Either altogether, or else be at a distance. The whole hog or none. Yd iai haj nah tah laj " Huri " wanane. At first she was dumb, but afterwards she began to saj "Uuri." Time will make mention. Hurt is a sound for driving away cows. Yi'i tjalun nah tah tjt'lun. Either flee or else suffer. Yd turav nah tah burav. Either suffer or else go. {Vide mpra.) ** Go, you rascal, or I will smite you." Yad chhani tdh chhit nani. The stomach empty but the dress displayed to view. Stinting the stomach to support tho back. Yad chhuh nah wuehhun hahh tah tanih ehhuh wuchlUm parat kahh. No one sees the stomach but everybody sees the body. JLn argument for dress. Yad dag chheh bod dag. The stomach pain is a great pain. " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou oat broad.** Yad Uhana tah gontnan diioAn tdv. An empty stomach, yet twirling his moustache. The would-be gentleman. Yadal chhui be-imdn, A fat man has no religion. " Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked." Yojih ai phuchhih tah kuchih chhes ati. If the biscuit is broken, the pieces are here. Here are the items of the account, we will add up the total again. 240 Talc tan tah du leas. One body and two persons. A married couple. Yahar chhdnuni kukar pachih-baran. Yakar, the carpenter's fowl-house. An unfinished work. Fowl -houses, garden-walls, &c., in Kashmir are frequently made of a loose rough kind of wooden railing called pachah-haran. Yakar, a carpenter, is said to have built a fowl-house for some person, which tumbled down directly one of the fowls flew upon it. TaJcur murit aihan phak. Lay hold of (lit., kill) the yakur plant and your hand will smell. You cannot touch pitch without being defiled. Yamah, yitam tah nitam. O angel of death, come and take me. Quoted in a most piteous tone when any person begs to be let off anj difficult or unpleasant work. Yapf'rih hid bahar tah aparih hid lahar. On this side of the hill (he promised to give me) a goat, but (when he had reached) the other side (by my help, he gave me) the stick, i.e.y he beat me. Yar hyah layih zih tsarih bachih. What is the worth of a friend that you will not give him the young sparrow. A request refused. Yur gai hatah-mar. Friends are rice-stores. " Make to yourselves friends." A king had three sons, to each of whom when they were grown up he gave a lakh of rfipis to profit with as they each thought right. One of them tried trade and became exceedingly rich, another went and founded many caravanserais for pilgrims and travellers; and the third travelled everywhere lavishing gifts upon the people and entertaining them in large numbers, and in grand style. In course of time they all met together again and recounted their several experiences. When the king had heard these he praised the first two sons ; but was angry with, and despised, the youngest. 241 The king's country was in a state of great confusion ; an enemy with a very strong force behind him had appeared against it. What was the king to do ? He was weak and friendless. He called his wise ministers, but they could not help him out of his diflBculties. At length he sought the advice of his sons. The first son advised yielding in the most honourable way possible ; the second son said that he could not help his father ; but the third — who had been sent for, it was true, but without any expectation of real help or wise counsel from him — he saidi " 0 king, my father, command me to go Against this enemy and I will overcome him." The king consented. ''Go and do better with your men when you get them, than you did with your money when you had it." The youngest son went forth with a glad and hopeful heart calling together his friends on the way. The people remembered his generosity and amiability and answered readily to his call, until at last ho had with him a very large force of most enthusiastic followers, by whose help he thoroughly routed the enemy, so that they returted no more to trouble the laud. The king had a different opinion of his youngest son after this. Instead of despising him he esteemed him the most worthy of all his sons, and appointed him to the greatest honour. Ydr z/ignn tjkalas tamt'ki chilim chat tah Ualaa. The friend lies in wait to deceive ; after smoking the pipe he will run away. A heartless servant or friend, &o. Turas moj mut/ih (ah luhah saat'iht ynr mud tah Icunih nah hahh. If a friend's mother dies a thousand people remain (because the friend is alive), but if the friend is dead, then there is nobody left. •' All the wealth of the world could not buy you a friend, nor pay you for the loss of one." Yaa gov hund dud tah gurus Ichezih tasund petjhur tih gatjhih tjulun. One must take the cow*8 kick as well as her milk and butter. We cannot afford to quarrel with a good servant or good horse, Ac. Fas korih nethar soh kur lubaran ! A daughter about to be married gathering dung ! A person who is everywhere and doing everything except in th right place and doing the right thing. Tas lug **harah karah" suh karih ; Yaa lug ** marah marah " suh marih. He who says " I will do, 1 will do,'* he will do ; He who cries '* I shall die, I shall die," he will die. Where there's a will there's a way. 31 242 Yas mahnyvis heyih sund had yiyih tas gatjhih panun hdmuni. He who wishes evil to another man, will suffer his own loss. Harm hatch, harm catch. Yas nak waUh nar tas gayi garasui andar phar. He whose arm is not raised (in labour), to him a dried fish has become in the house. Industry begets wealth. Phar.