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 NORTH INDIAN PROVEliBS. 39

7. Sach bolnd addhi lardi hai.

Speaking the truth is half a battle: (want of tact).

8. Bdhar Miydn Panjhazdri, ghar bihi chhitrdn di mdri. Abroad he is My Lord General, at home he thrashes his wife.

9. Chiridn dd maran gawdrdn dd hdsd. Death to the birds is fun to the villager.

10. Kherd wasse; koi rove^ hoi hasse.

Of the city people, some weep and some laugh.

11. Eabb nere ki ghusun nere? Which is nearest, God or his fist

12. Kumhdn apnd bhdndd sildi The potter praises his own pots.

13. Jad utdr di loi^ tad ki karegd koi?

When he takes off his covering what can any one do? (you cannot shame the shameless).

14. Kuchhai' bahke ddhri mundhd!

Sit in his lap and shave his beard! (abuse a man to his own relatives).

15. In tilon bich tel nahin hai.

There is no oil in this seed: (an unprofitable man).

16. Bat hothon charhe kothon.

A word out of the lips is on to the housetops.

17. Eh tdn Nur Mahil di sardi.

This is a very Ntir Mahil's inn: (a thing that takes a very long while to make, in allusion to the beautiful sardi or public inn of that name built in the Jalandhar district).

18. Jad bdlak ronddj tad duddh mildd.

When the child cries it gets milk: (ask and ye shall receive).

19. Jis kuri dd vidhj oh gohe chuganjd.

The girl is to be married and she has gone to collect fuel.

20. Shikar de vele kuttid hagge.

It is hunting time and the dog is evacuating.

21. Khwdjd di Ajmer, Bhatthindd Rattan dd,

Khwaja (Mu'ainu'ddin Chishti) owns Ajmer, but Rattan (Haji) owns Bhattinda. (Cocks of their own walks — these worthies are the " saints " of the above places )