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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[NOVEMBER, 1906.
The Bawa had wooden bread tied to his belly for twelve years.
Raqim ne ziârat kîtî; nishan lage hain dândi.
The writer saw it (on a pilgrimage); it bears impressions of his teeth.
45 Jab bhukh bahut satândi Bâwâjî nûn bâre, 45 When the Bâwâ felt greatly the pangs of
Is hâlat men kaf dand ja us roți par mâre.
Kath di roți bârâ baras tak pet par Bâwâ bândhi.
Pakpattan men tîn ziârat: aisi hain derînâ,
Jin ke dekhe zâhir howe barkat hai pasînâ.
Nishan Hazrat de jang Badr vich donon sî hamrâ,
50 Ziarat un ki râqim kitf 'Id ke roz pagâ.
Bâns de nishan hain, yâro, hun tak gahe na zarrâ :
Unko kite nabii hai laga: qudrat Rabb
muqarra.
Na'len Mubarik Bare Pir di huigi wahân manjûd!
'id nûn ziarat hôndî, bâd nimâz mâ'hûd.
.55 Gudri Hazrat Bawa Sahib di hun tak dekhi gâî:
'Id nan Diwanji pahnen, phir bugche pai rahi.
hunger,
Then he put his teeth to the bread.
In Pakpattan are three shrines: they are BO old,
That they who see them perspire with
awe.
The Saint's two standards that were borne in the fight at the Badr
50 The writer saw them (on a pilgrimage) on the morning of the 'Id.
The standards are of bamboo, my friends, and are still not worm-eaten :
They have not been attacked (by insects) anywhere: (this is) the effect of God's power.
The sandals of the Great Saint" are present there:
After offering a prayer they can be visited on a pilgrimage at the 'fd.
55 The Sainted Bawa Sahib's quilt is to be
seen to this day:
The Diwan puts it on at the 'Id and then returns it to the bag.
THE CHUHRAS.
BY THE REV. J. W. YOUNGSON, D.D., CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MISSION; BIALKOT. (Continued from p. 96.)
The girls thus express their opinion of the dowry:
Lef tuldian tangen!
Assan hôr vi 6thé mangen,
Lef tuldian julle
Assi ikko laike bhulle,
Vauhti khan pin nun kahí? Dô sajarian ik béhí.
Quilts, mattresses, and hangings,
We will betroth many of our boys there. Quilts, mattresses, and patch-work clothes, We made a mistake in marrying there. How much does the bride eat? Two fresh loaves and a stale one.
Muklava, or the Homing of the Bride.
Next day the bride goes back to her father's house, and there is sent after her kachcht pinni, or kuchchi bhaji, which is rice flour with sugar. She returns to her husband's home in six months, or two years, or three, when there is muklává, as sending home a wife is called. She brings a suit of clothes for her husband, one for her mother-in-law, and one for her father-in-law. She wears kach, i. e.,.glass
Muhammad Sarwar of Jalandhar. He is descended-from Shekh Darwesh.
Near Medina; a little mixture of history here. Abdu'l-Qadir Jilani.
Diwan is the title of the chief-attendant at the shrine.
