Ritual songs and folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam

83 Birahās v [Saramacca, 1962; party from Meerzorg, 1967]
Alcārī: Kṛṣṇa as Rāma's guest

rāma tore bāge mę sītā ke phulavārā
lachamana devare bäiṭhe rakhavārī
tūr tūr nebulā paṭhāvę sasurārī
ohi nebulā ke banī hai tarakārī
jevana bäiṭhäį kriśna murārī
aura sītā cąvar ḍulāy

Rāma, in your garden (is) Sītā's flower-bed -
(Where) (her) devar, Lakṣmaṇa, sits keeping guard.
He picks and picks lemons and sends them to susrāl;
Of these very lemons, the curry is made.
Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Murā, has sat to dine -
And Sītā fans (with a) whisk.