_Dhol Râjâ_--It is not known why the rat was so called. The hero
of a well-known popular love-tale bears the same name. Dhol or Dhaul
(from Sanskrit _dhavala_, white) is in popular story the
_cow_ that supports the earth on its horns.
_Verses_--In original--
_Sakhî samundar jamiân, Râjâ lîo rud gar thâe: Âo to charho
merî pîth te, kot tudh kharân tarpâe. Urde pankhî main na desân,
jo dauran lakh karor. Je tudh, Râjâ, pârâ khelsiâ, jeb hâth to
pâe._
O my beloved, I was born in the ocean, and the Râjâ
bought me with much gold.
Come and jump on my back and I will take thee off
with thousands of bounds.
Wings of birds shall not catch me, though they go
thousands of miles.
If thou wouldst gamble, Raja, keep thy hand on thy pocket.
_Verses_--In original--
_Na ro, Râjiâ bholiâ; nâ main charsân ghâh,
Na main tursân râh.
Dahnâ dast uthâeke jeb de vich pâh!_
Weep not, foolish Râjâ, I shall not eat their grass,
Nor shall I go away.
Take thy right hand and put it in thy pocket!
_Verses_.--In original--
_Dhal, we pâsâ dhalwin ithe basante lok! Sarân dharân han
bâziân, jehrî Sarkap kare so ho! Dhal, we pâsâ dhalwen, ithe
basanlâ lok! Sarân dharân te bâzian! Jehrî Allah kare so ho!_
O moulded pieces, favour me: a man is here!
Heads and bodies are at stake! as Sarkap does so let it be.
O moulded pieces, favour me: a man is here!
Heads and bodies are at stake! as God does so let it be!
_Verses_.--In original--
_Hor râje murghâbîân, tu râjâ shâhbâz!
Bandî bânân âe band khalâs kar! umar terî drâz._
Other kings are wild-fowl, thou art a royal hawk!
Unbind the chains of the chain-bound and live for ever!
_Mûrtî Hills_.--Near Râwal Pindî to the south-west.
_Kokilân_.--Means 'a darling': she was unfaithful and most
dreadfully punished by being made to eat her lover's heart.