It is the favour you have shown me that subdues my heart.”
If, however, there is a hitch in the proceedings, and the parties commence to lose their temper, the stanzas may end very differently; for instance, the girl’s father or representative will say:—
“A. My lord has gone up-stream
To get his clothes and wash out the dye.[73]
If that is all, let it alone for the present;
If there is anything else you will always find me ready.
Q. ’Che Dol Amat’s mango-tree
When it fell rolled into the swamp.
If I cannot get what I want by peaceful means,
Look that you be not hit in the war of strategy.