_Anì_ _Azari_ _rey_[26] That Azari, [is] a Deodar cedar[?] _Rajóy_, _nà_ _sómmo_? _anì_ _Azareo_ _rôk_ _bilôs_. Kingly, is it not so [my] love! That Azari illness I have. _Anì_ _Wazíreyn_ _shuyi_ _gas-mall_, _na_ _sommo_! This Wazîr’s child princess, not [so] love? _Bálli_ _dapújo_ _gî_ _bem_; _anì_ _pâr_ Then from my waist (girdle) taking I’ll sit; this beyond _tshísheyn_. the mountains. _Súri_ _war_ _tshîsheyn_ _djondjì_[27] _tzáe_ _bijôte_. Sun this side’s mountain birch tree(?) to you both. _Somm_ _tshinèm_; _anù_ _shëò_ _qoáreyn_ _kinì_—_ga_ Alike I love; This white hawk black and _Tshikki_[28] _méy_ _begà_ _beìh_; _balli_ _pashéjo_ fragrant bag mine being sit; Then on my turban _gi_ _beyim_. wearing I will sit. _Translation of “A Woman’s Song.”_ _The deserted wife sings_:—My Pathan! oh kukúri, far away from me has he made a home; but, aunt, what am I to do, since he has left his own! The silk that I have been weaving during his absence would be sufficient to bind all the animals of the field. Oh, how my darling is delaying his return! _The faithless husband sings_:—[My new love] Azari is like a royal Deodar; is it not so, my love? for Azari I am sick with desire. She is a Wazeer’s princess; is it not so, my love? Let me put you in my waist. The sun on yonder mountain, and the tree on this nigh mountain, ye both I love dearly. I will recline when this white hawk and her black fragrant tresses become mine; encircling with them my head I will recline [in happiness.] 6. THE JILTED LOVER’S DREAM. [IN THE ASTORI DIALECT.] _Tshunni_ _nazdik_ _mulayi_.[29] (Oh) Little delicate [maid] woman. _Barêyo_ _báro_, _na_.[30] The husband old is, [is he not?] _Hapótok_ _thyayé_ _gé_. With a bear done it going, [you have “been and gone and done it.”] _Sómmi_ _rátijo_ _Sómmi_ _shakejo_ _Mey nish harayé_ In the sleep of night The sleep from the arm. My sleep awake _gé_. _Mashàq_ _phirì_ _phùt_ _talósto_. has gone. Turning round again opening hastily I saw. _Méy laktéy_ _píribann_ _tshîtsho_ _häun_. _Datshîno_ _hata-jó_ My darling waistband variegated was. Right hand-from _aina_ _giní_, _Tshakéoje_ _wazze_. _Nu_ _kabbo_ _hata-jó_ mirror taking, Looking she came. This left hand-from _surmá_ _giní_. _Paléoje_ _wazze_. antimony taking, Applying she came. The above describes the dream of a lover whose sweetheart has married one older than herself; he says: _Translation._