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Rh 35. Rúrí te sauná te mahilán de suphne.

Sleeping on a dunghill and dreaming of palaces.

36. Sammí rove yárá nún, lai lai nám bhráwán de.

Sammí bewails her lover in her brother's name.

37. Ankhion ton disse nahín, ná Chirágh Sháh!

He can't see with his eyes and his name is King Lamp!

38. Súm dí kamáí kisi kam na áí.

A miser's earnings profit nothing.

39. Wohtí tán nahín milí par wohtrí láiá hán.

I got no wife, but only a kind of wife: (the disappointed bridegroom).

40. Mandá hál wáng Jatt jharí de.

As wretched as a Jatt in a shower.

41. Dhaulí dárhí te átá kharáb,

A white beard and a bad dinner: (if spring be wedded to winter, spring will neglect him).

42. ''Dekho! bharwe dí akal gaí:'' Mahín vechke ghorí láí; Duddh pínon gíá liddh sitní páí! Look! the fool's head is gone: He has sold a buffalo and bought a mare; His milk is lost and horse-dung gained!

43. Donon dín gae pánde halwá milá na mánde.

The dishonest priest gets neither sweets nor bread.

44. Chor nálon pánd káhlí.

The bundle is quicker than the thief.

45. Nachan lágí ghungat kihá?

What boots a veil to a dancing girl?

46. Anhán wande shíríní ghar dián nún de.

The blind feast their own relations: (nepotism).

47. Mán manse, dhí kháí: ghar ká balá ghar men rah gáí.

When the mother gives alms to the daughter the family property remains at home.

48. Maran chalí saumpe bhánde.

She is pawning her property on her deathbed.