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AUGUST, 1915]
GAZETTEER GLEANINGS
"Hear us Oh Chain Sinh,
Long have we eaten in your house the bread
of sloth and ease,
Now that you ask us we are here to give "Sir sâtî ki khâî naukari aye sir dene ko. our lives for you.
Let him whom fate spares see again the "Giye bachenge jâyâ milenge phîr Narsinhtown of Narsinghgarh."
gadh ko."
I sing the lay of Prince Chain Sinh, Chain Pargana likho Chain Shinh kâ: Khub kari talwar, khet nahi chho la mardonkâ,
Sinh of Narsinghgarh
A mighty warrior one who ne'er left field till fight was won
The tents were rent and many a youth beneath them dying lay
Then sat they all within the tent quaffing Sâwâ ser kâ gholâ ghuluwa baithe dere ko kusumbha strong, 1+ kusûmbha lage pine ko:
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While the dancing girls were summoned to
make them song and dance,
Nâch tharaya dene ko
Mendak Sahib now orders gave, and on the Phîr to Mendak Sahib ne hukum diyâ sâdî regiments came,
phaujon ko
Till round the camp on all four sides they stood in serried rank
Châron taraphse gherâ câl diyâ, gherâ liyâ un ko:
A second order Mendak gave and in pour shot and shell
Diyâ hukum phir diyâ, Men ak ne sârî phaujon ko.
Châron tarph se golf girâph lage chalne ko: Jawân lage marne ko, dere lage une ko. Chaubdâron ne phîr arj karî Kunwar Chain Sinh ko :
Then came his chaubdars to the Prince and pray'd; "Sire, save us all;
The bullets fly, the tents are down and we are sore beset."
Then Himmat and Bahadur Khân came to the Prince's tent,
Drank long deep draughts of kwsâmbha and girded on their swords,
While to the dancing girls the Prince gave thirty golden mohars,
And cried O Jamnâ, may we live to see fair Narsinghgarh."
I write the lay of Prince Chain Sinh of Narsinghgarh
Had he been mounted on his steed how many had he slain.
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"Suno Miyân Kunwar Chain Sinh ko :
A negan1s roll of opium seized and ate the Prince, for strength.
Then grasping shield and sword he hurled himself upon the guns, And Himmat and Bahadur sprang like tigers to his side.
"Châron taraph se goli girâph laga he chalne ko:
Are Andâtâ, châron taraph se ghera dâldîya gher liye ham ko."
Phîr Himmat Khân Bahadur Khán, Pa hân, bai:he dere ko kamre lage jakadne ko, kusumbhâ lage pineko,
Tis ashrafi nikâl Kunwar ne dinî kanchnî ko
"Jamuna jiye bachenge an milenge phîr Narsinhga h ko.
Pargana likho Chain Sinh ká,
Nahi chadha ghole par, kal kar deta kaikonn ka
Sâwâ hâth kî nâgan banâkar lîlî kaleje ko. Uthâî dhâl, talwâr sîdhi chhak gaye topon ko.
Himmat Khân Bahadur Khan Pathân sang liye unko; sher ja pahunche topon ko.
14 Kusumbha: the well known drink made from opium used by all Rajputs. 15 Nagan roll: lit. roll like a female cobra. A large roll of opium is so called.
