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He is like dog-barley and buifalo-dung, which are of no use for plastering or burning. A worthless fellow. Yih gdmas tih vidmunis wuUhis, What (happens) to the village also (happens) to the uncle's calf. Famine, &o., bad for all ; every one sofiFers more or less. Yih gav lihhit tih gov hukhit. What is written is dried up (no smudging it out). *• What is vyritten." One's fate. ** Drud up." An allusion to the native cnstom of smudging ont an error. A Pandit has been sitting by me for the last eighteen month-, writing for an hoar or so nearly every day. He always used to rub his forefinger over any mistake ho had inade ; and it was with the greatest ditiioulty that I got him to use a penknife. Of course, if the writing had dried there was no daubing the error out, it either remained, or else another sheet of paper was used. Yih hakimas dizih tih konah dizih b^tn&ras ? Why cannot that be given to the ordinary sick person, which is given to the doctor ? Native doctors are sometimes very strict over their patients con- corning their diet. A youth is now squatting on the floor by my side, who has just recovered from a long and sharp attack of fever. *' For a whole fortnight," he says, " the doctor wonld not allow me to have any thing but rice water and a little hand {Cichorium intybus). But these doctors are not always so particular as to their own diet when they themselves are ill." Yih hdnzani pumih peth wuehhih tih wuchhih tuweni tjarnih kini. Whatever the boat- woman sees in the open that the sdweni sees through a crack or little hole. Sdweni is a parda-nishin woman, . e., one who remains behind the curtain and is not seen of men. Yih kokanih tih buyiiiih tih. What is the eldest sou's that also is the youngest sou's. Show no favouritism in the family. 252 Yih hhezih hukris tih hhezik nah pyuwali gov. "What a man eats from rudeness and gruffness that he would not eat from a cow with young. Muhammedans do not drink the mOk of a recently-delivered cow until the fourth day after the birth. Hindus wait till the eleventh day, when the Brahman comes and the owner of the cow worships and makes presents. If the calf should be bom on a Friday, then both Muhammedans and HindQs have special arrangements according to their different religions. Yih mallah wanih tih gatshih Jcarun ; Tih mallah karih tih gatshih nah harun. "What the Mulla says you must do ; "What the Mulla does you must not do. " Do what I say bat not as I do," says the parson. Tih nah bdnas Idrih tih Idrid pdnas? "What will not stick to the pot, will not stick to the body. Thin rice or weak soup, &c. Tih pron guyun karih tih karih nah nov gdsah ? What old manure-grass can do that new grass can not do. Wisdom and experience are on the side of age. " Tih rasas suet wasih tih gav haldl " piran aki chhuk wunamut. What came out with the soup is lawful, " a pfr said. Pharisaism. A certain stranger's goat wandered inside the door of a pfr's house. When the pfr saw it he said to his wife : " Look here, there's that goat trespassed into our place again. What shall I do ? Bring the * Book of the Law* and I will see what is right to be done," After Bome little searching he discovered that it was necessary to stand at his door and cry for three times, '• Who has lost a goat ? " Accordingly the plr went to the door and cried with a very little voice. " Has any one lost any thing ?" This he did three times, and then went back into his house and told his wife to kill the goat at once, as he had shouted three times. He also told her to cook the meat in a separate vessel and separate place, in order that the ordi- nary cooking vessels and places might not be, perchance, defiled. When the meat was cooked and ready for serving-up, he ordered his wife to tip the pot a little and let out some of the cooked soup, but to be very careful lest her hand should touch it ; for, said he, " there is no sin in drinking the broth, but we must not eat, or even touch, the flesh." However, while the woman was tilting the pot, her hand sliook and some meat escaped with the broth. " Never mind, never mind," said the pir, with ill-disguised pleasure, " what has come out with the soup is also legal." 253 Yih tkahruch sntoeni Ichej/ik tih hheijih gnmuch gdv. The rich city woman and the village cow fare the same. The rustio fills his stomach bat the city-man feeds his back. Siiweni is a pardUi-nisliin woman, as all the wives of the wealthier classes are in Kashmir. Yih tjt^ih ohhux wundas tih chhuh mih chandaa. What is in your heart is in my pocket. *' I have your secret. Beware !" Yih zewih zewih karizih tih konah karizth tangi zangi ? What you can do with your tongue you can do with your legs (can't you? then do not be afraid, but go and do it). Yihundui rat yimanui mat. Rub their blood upon their bodies. A man gives a present ; but it costs the reoeiver as much as he gets. Yim gai xukhas dus dint. These things are disturbers of peace. Riches and honor to an unthankful, unsatisfied man. Yimah hd-mdlih chhai wuzmalah tah iratai gatahHr tah gaff ro yih path kun. 0 father, there are lightnings and thick thunderbolts ; and mists and thunder are behiud. No end of trouble ahead. Yiman gabar tinian nah bataht yiman batah timan nah gabar. Ko food to those who have children, no children to those who have food. Yimawui m&ri imdm tah timawui kur samah. They who killed the imam lament his death. To do a man an injury and afterwards be sorry for it. Samah — a song of lamentation. An allusion to the mooming of the Shi'as for the two sons of 'Alf, Hasan and Hosain. Imdm is a Mohammedan priest. Yindar chhas katdn ; tsandar dishit batah tok ; nindar chham nah yiwun ; sindar gayam punas. 1 spin the wheel and when the moon shines forth I eat my dinner ; sleep does not come to me, and my flesh is dried up within me. 254 A favourite song in time of trouble. Munshi Bawdni Dds excommunicated his first wife a ruensd et tkoro on account of some fault of hers. She used to sit at her wheel every day in an adjoining house singing this song, and one day her husband on hearing it sent for her and took her into his house again. Yirawani nuv ; chirawani dali. A boat afloat (before the wind) ; a wrung garment. A Kashmiri curse *' May you be like," &c. Yilui Udngi titui gash. As many lamps so much light. The more, the merrier. Tsong — is a little earthen lamp called dipA in Hindustan. Yiwawani daulat pewavjthi shin ; Tsalawani daulat^ galawunshin. Wealth comes like the falling snow (i. e., slowly). Wealth goes like the melting snow (i. e , quickly). Persian. — Kurdza, kuraza hiydyad nulihust Kuhdyad azo chuhki gardad durust. Yizinanhdi ddrih hini wuchhtai, Punah chhek buchh tai has hyah dik ? O mother of the wedding-party, look out of the window. You yourself appear hungry, to whom will you give ? A meagre, w^eddiog-feast, or dinner. Yujns shup dakhah. Like trying to keep back the water-floods with a fan. Large expenses and small income. Shup is a small fan used for cleaning grain. Yuri kun reh turi kun iehar. Where the flame there the pot. Money commands everything. This is only the last line of a verse of poetry concerning the rich man : — Asanwdlis cJiheh dsanach teh; Watih peth myulus kentfhdh kheh ; Tsdngij tshuninaf; yatiti teh ; Yilri kun tekar turi kun reh. A wealthy man has the pride of wealth ; If any one meets him on the way it is eat something (0 friend). Then the mat is spread and he is asked to '• sit down." Where the pot is there the flame will be also. 255 YiiS alch'h kh^yih fah cheyih tah hahsih diyiht suh chhuhjdn tasandihy khutahy yus anih tah jamd harih. He who cats and drinks and gives to another is better than he who brings and puts together. Yus dandav nuhih gav aiih gav bandav nishih. What went from the teeth went also from the body. The value of good teeth. Yua gav Lda suh zah nah dv. Av at tas nah zah wdv. He who went to Lhassa (Tibet) never returned. If he did come back then he was a rich man for ever. Yu8 gelih parat, tas gatjhth garaa. He who slanders a stranger, will be slandered in his own house. Yu9 khnyih harah han iah tarah han, tas chhui suet suet zarah han ; Yua kheyih ht'<kah han tah wugarah han suh chhui dugarah han hyuh. He who eats crem and spices and other rich things, will always have sickness.