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154 Tall and upright as a lance,
 * With a hawk-like glance,

Nose both arched and aquiline,
 * Hair and eyes as black as a crow;

Teeth of the whiteness of ivory,
 * Forehead both broad and wide.
 * Neck prolonged,
 * Arms lengthy and powerful.

Chest and shoulders broad and full.
 * His step that of a well-bred horse,

His voice and moustache as those of a tiger.
 * In swiftness of foot like a deer.

And his whole character without fear.

What a Bride of the Panjâb should be, from a native point of view.