1. Lotshúko
    2. Early
    3. sabäin
    4. in morning’s
    5. kên
    6. time
    7. nimâz
    8. [usual] prayers
    9. thé
    10. done
    11. duwá
    12. supplication
    13. them
    14. I make
    15. Qabûl thé,
    16. Accept,
    17. Rahîma
    18. oh merciful [God]
    19. Garìbëy
    20. of the poor
    21. duwa
    22. the prayer.
    23. Dòn
    24. [her] teeth [are]
    25. mahî—yeen
    26. of fish bone = like ivory,
    27. dim
    28. [her] body
    29. puru—yeen
    30. [like a] reed[32]
    31. tshamûye
    32. [her] hair
    33. tshîké
    34. musk
    35. hane
    36. is.
    37. me
    38. My
    39. armán
    40. longing
    41. tûte
    42. to you
    43. hane
    44. is
    45. Bulbúl
    46. [Oh] nightingale
    47. shakàr.
    48. sweet!

Chorus falls in with “hai, hai, armân bulbúl” = “oh, oh, the longing [for the] nightingale!”[33]

Translation.

After having discharged my usual religious duties in the early morning, I offer a prayer which, oh thou merciful God, accept from thy humble worshipper. [Then, thinking of his beloved.] Her teeth are as white as ivory, her body as graceful as a reed, her hair is like musk. My whole longing is towards you, oh sweet nightingale.

Chorus: Alas, how absorbing this longing for the nightingale.

8. GURAIZI SONGS.

This district used to be under Ahmad Shah of Skardo, and has since its conquest by Ghulab Singh come permanently under the Maharajah of Kashmîr. Its possession used to be the apple of discord between the Nawabs of Astor and the Rajahs of Skardo. It appears never to have had a real Government of its own. The fertility of its valleys always invited invasion. Yet the people are of Shîná origin and appear much more manly than the other subjects of Kashmîr. Their loyalty to that power is not much to be relied upon, but it is probable that with the great intermixture which has taken place between them and the Kashmîri Mussulmans for many years past, they will become equally demoralized. The old territory of Guraiz used in former days to extend up to Kuyam or Bandipur on the Wular Lake. The women are reputed to be very chaste, and Colonel Gardiner told me that the handsomest women in Kashmîr came from that district. To me, however, they appeared to be tolerably plain, although rather innocent-looking, which may render them attractive, especially after one has seen the handsome, but sensual-looking, women of Kashmîr. The people of Guraiz are certainly very dirty, but they are not so plain as the Chilásis. At Guraiz three languages are spoken: Kashmîri, Guraizi (a corruption of a Shiná dialect), and Panjabi—the latter on account of its occupation by the Maharajah’s officials. I found some difficulty in getting a number of them together from the different villages which compose the district of Guraiz, the Arcadia of Kashmir, but I gave them food and money, and after I got them into a good humour they sang:

GURAIZI HUNTING SONG.

Guraizi.English.
Pere, tshaké, gazàri meyaru= Look beyond! what a fine stag!
Beyond, look! a fine stag.
Chorus. Pére, tshaké, djôk maar âke dey.= Chorus. Look beyond! how gracefully he struts.
Beyond, look! how he struts!
Pére, tshaké, bhapûri bay bâro= Look beyond! he bears twelve loads of wool.
Beyond, look! shawl wool 12 loads.
Chorus. Pére, tshaké, djôk maarâke dey.= Chorus. Look beyond! how gracefully he struts.
Beyond, look! how he does strut!
Pére, tshaké, dòni shilélu= Look beyond! his very teeth are of crystal.
Beyond, look! [his] teeth are of crystal [glass]
Chorus. Pére, tshaké, djôk maarâke dey.= Chorus. Look beyond! how gracefully he struts.