Ritual songs and folksongs of the Hindus of Surinam

(1968)–Usharbudh Arya– rechtenstatus


93 Ulārā (general)Ga naar voetnoot7 [Paramaribo, 1962] I.[regelnummer] bāje muralī kadama tare suno sakhiyā
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II.[regelnummer] kikare hāthe ciṭhiyā likhi bheje, kikare hāthe likhāye patiyā bāje... III.[regelnummer] ūdho ke hathǫ ciṭhiyā likhi bheje mādho ke hāthǫ likhāye patiyā bāje... IV.[regelnummer] ciṭhiyā likhāvana gäile munsī mahaliyā pāche se ciṭhiyā bą̄cisa piyā bāje... I.[regelnummer] The flute is being played under the kadam tree; listen, sakhi. II.[regelnummer] Through whose hand may (one) have the letter written and despatched? Through whose hand must the letter be written?Ga naar voetnoot1 The flute... III.[regelnummer] Through Ūdho's hand may the letter be written and through Mādho's hand may the letter be written.Ga naar voetnoot2 The flute... IV.[regelnummer] (She) went to the scribe's palace to have the letter written; thereafter did the lover read the letter. The flute...	voetnoot7 Cp. sohar ulārā (song Nos. 6 ff.) and cautāl ulārā (song No. 49C.) Cp. Fraser (J.A.S.B. 1883: 4-6, 32); D. Siṁha ('44: 474) on the theme of having a love letter written through a man of the clerical caste, kāyath (S. Kāyastha). voetnoot1 See page 159 note 7. voetnoot2 This must be paṭhāye: ‘to whose hand...? To Mādho's hand must the letter be delivered’.