Addressed to a spoiled Child.
Derâ lù, derâ lù, Âfâ Fanzâlù.
Build house, build house, Father Fanzalu.
Dai nâng, fùdù nâng, Âfâ zuzînâng.
If trouble come, or worry come, Father will help.
To a conceited Child.
Âng gùrùng, gùrùng, Dainâ gùrùng.
I am wise, am wise, And the witch is wise.
Dau khîthù, khîthù, Ângnî khîthù.
And the bird's behind, behind, The bird's behind me.
Of Woman.
Dau-thep, dau-thep, dau golondî.
Wag-tail! wag-tail! bird with the goitre,
Hâbâ rangâ, hukhâ rangâ, fisâ bâflundî.
Work you can't, and toil you can't, bearing baby on your back.
A Nursery Rhyme.
Bongfâng dô, bongfâng dô, bongfâng nârengâ.
Beat the tree, and beat the tree, and beat the orange tree.
Fitsiu-siu firingâ; bidùi zåkhaibâ!
Chirrup, chirrup, bhimraj bird; give twenty eggs to me.
What Women sing at Weddings.
Zô sit sit, Gogorleng; Zô sit sit.
Pour, pour the beer, Gogorleng; pour the beer.
Dângnai dângnai sit, Gogorleng; dângnai dângnai sit.
Pour in torrents, Gogorleng; pour in torrents, pour.
Then you substitute other festive occupations, for instance:
Goe khau khau (cut, cut the betelnut).
Zô lù lù (pass round the beer).
Khurui sù sù (wash the plates), &c., &c.
"Gogorleng" is the traditional name for the bâru or bohua, who plays
the buffoon at weddings.
A Woman to her Lover.
Sô mâlîbai, sôbaî.
Come, my lover, come.
Gangâ zâliâ.
O! Ganges fisherman.
Thâkânî kheru manâbâ.
If I don't get silver earrings.
Âng-bù thângliâ.
I, too, cannot go.
In the following verses the woman substitutes other ornaments or
presents:
An exchange of Compliments.