Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893 / Being an account of the history, religions, customs, legends, fables, and songs of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial), Dasin, Chitral, Hunsa, Nagyr, and other parts of the Hindukush, as also a supplement to the second edition of the Hunza and Nagyr handbook and an epitome of part III of the author's "The languages and races of Dardistan"

by G. W. Leitner

THE NAVEL.

1. Tishkóreya ushkúrey halól.

“The perpendicular mountain’s sparrow’s nest. The body’s sparrow’s hole.”

A STICK.

1. 1. 2.
   2. Méy
   3. my
   4. sazik
   5. sister
   6. heyn,
   7. is
   8. súreo
   9. at day
   10. peréyn,
   11. [she] walks,
   12. bás
   13. at night
   14. darre
   15. door
   16. pató;
   17. behind;
   18. búja.[15]
   19. listen!

“Now listen! My sister walks in the day-time and at night stands behind the door.” As “Sas” “Sazik” also means a stick, ordinarily called “Kunali” in Astori, the riddle means: “I have a stick which assists me in walking by day and which I put behind the door at night.”

3. The Gilgitis say “méy káke tré pay; dashtea” = my brother has three feet; explain now. This means a man’s two legs and a stick.

A RADISH.

4. Astóri mió dádo dimm dáwa-lók; dáyn sarpa-lók, buja.

My grandfather’s body [is] in Hades; his beard [is in] this world, [now] explain!