_Hodînagarî_--A veritable will-o'-the-wisp in the ancient Panjâb
geography: Hodînagarî, Udenagar, Udaynagar, is the name of
innumerable ruins all over the northern Panjâb, from Siâlkot to
Jalâlâbâd in Afghânistân beyond the Khaibar Pass. Here it is more
than probably some place in the Rawâl Pindi or Hazârâ Districts along
the Indus.
_Rânî Sundrân_--The daughter of Hari Chand.
_Alakh_--'In the Imperishable Name,' the cry of religious
mendicants when begging.
_Verses_.--In original--
_Jâe bûhe te kilkiâ: lîa nâm Khudâ:
Dûron chalke, Rânî Sundrân, terâ nâ:
Je, Rânî, tû sakhî hain, kharî faqîrân pâ:_
Coming to the threshold I called out: I took the name of God:
Coming from afar, Rânî Sundrân, on account of thy name.
If thou art generous, Rânî, the beggar will obtain alms.
The _Musalmân_ word _Khudâ_, God, here is noticeable, as
Rasâlû was personating a _Hindu jôgi_.
_Verses_.
_Kab kî pâî mundran? Kab kâ hûâ faqîr? Kis ghatâ mânion? Kis
kâ lâgâ tîr! Kete mâen mangiâ? Mere ghar kî mangî bhîkh? Kal
kî pâî mundrân! Kal kâ hûâ faqîr! Na ghat, mâîân, mâniân: kal
kâ lagâ tîr. Kuchh nahîn munh mangî: Kewal tere ghar ke
bhîkh._
When didst thou get thy earring? When wast thou made a _faqîr?_
What is thy pretence? Whose arrow of love hath struck thee?
From how many women hast thou begged? What alms dost thou beg from me?
Yesterday I got my earring: yesterday I became a _faqîr_.
I make no pretence, mother: yesterday the arrow struck me.
I begged nothing: only from thy house do I beg.
_Verses_.--In original--
_Tarqas jariâ tîr motîân; lâlân jarî kumân; Pinde bhasham
lagâiâ: yeh mainân aur rang; Jis bhikhiâ kâ lâbhî hain tû wohî
bhikhiâ mang. Tarqas jariâ merâ motîân: lâlân jarî kumân. Lâl
na jânâ bechke, motî be-wattî. Motî apne phir lai; sânûn pakkâ
tâm diwâ._
Thy quiver is full of pearly arrows: thy bow is set with rubies:
Thy body is covered with ashes: thy eyes and thy colour thus:
Ask for the alms thou dost desire.
My quiver is set with pearls: my bow is set with rubies.
I know not how to sell pearls and rubies without loss.
Take back thy pearls: give me some cooked food.
_Verses_.--In original--
_Kahân tumhârî nagari? kahân tumhârâ thâon? Kis râjâ kâ betrâ
jôgî? kyâ tumhârâ nâon? Siâlkot hamârî nagarî; wohî hamârâ
thâon. Râjâ Sâlivâhan kâ main betrâ: Lonâ parî merâ mâon.
Pinde bhasam lagâe, dekhan terî jâon. Tainûn dekhke chaliâ: Râjâ
Rasâlu merâ nâon._
Where is thy city? Where is thy home?
What king's son art thou, _jôgi?_ What is thy name?
Sialkot is my city: that is my home.
I am Râjâ Sâlivâhan's son: the fairy Lonâ is my mother.
Ashes are on my body: (my desire was) to see thy abode.
Having seen thee I go away: Râjâ Rasâlû is my name.
_Sati_.--The rite by which widows burn themselves with their
husbands.