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APRIL, 1911.)
SONGS FROM NORTHERN INDIA
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SONGS FROM NORTHERN INDIA
ВІ WILLIAM CROOKE (LATE I.C.B.). Bohoos of Modern History,
No. I. A Ballad of Bharatpar.
(I'nfinished.) Sung by Bdl Krishna Sikh of Chandrapur, District Agri.
Recorded by Jaidayal Chaube of the same village.
Text. Ek din k& zikra azad, Kalam, 'dawat, kagház maujud, Ust din kuchh aist samat :
Musallah hoke kar do Bharatpar par chaph&t.' 5 Kalkatta men baithkar, kiyâ maskut, bbál.
Sab Angrezi ne milkar ek arzt bankl. Lekar arzt ke tain nilw men dala. Jab kisht lagt pår, aral ko nikall,
Jise Kampini kahte the pash pash ke sundyi. 10 LAT Gavardar ne sanke bahut bahut sarah
Us arzi par bukm hua au parwâne ; Au râh samandar ke kiya us ko rawane. Harkárah jo us per se Kalkatte ko kya ;
Phir hukm sup&to kitabon men chhapwiya. 15 Sabab ne jald Sabidâr pakärl i
"Hukm Kampini ka suno âyâ hai, Pyari." Någak aur bawaldar dAhne so bulaya; Aur bâen taraf paltan jangł kô jamiya. Sahab ne kaba karte hain :
“Ohaphane Bharatpur ki tâyârt; 20 Yå lete hain us qila ko, ya maut hamart,"
Son sanke sab kahne lage dil men sipahi :"Surat nahin kabin bachne kt ati hai, bhai. Mar marke au lar larke qila kis ko mila bait
Yah sab se zabardast Bharatpur ka qilA hai." 25 Anta-gurgar ne kiya pahle chaphat;
Jån so jata rahê par qasm na påt. Na malum wah kis taur se pahuncha tha qllo pai; Golandaz no phir top ko tayyar kiya;
Bharatpar ke gole se use tart upaya. 80 Kitnon ne us ka patî diya, phir khoj na pâyk;
Dar dar gaye sab dil men pai munh so na bataya. "Wallah, in lapâtyon men to ham logoh ka ghar bai; Phir Bharatpêr ohashane men bhala kaunsa dar hai ?'
Mugdar bht bilate an lejim ke jhapake; 35 Sante ht hukm jt men hogai sapake.
