. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . eping for her ^has no bangles on her arm nor necklace on her neck ; she has no beauty, but seeks her lovers throughout the from the girdle, curry from the lota ; let us go, beloved, the moon is leaves of gram have been plucked from the plants ; I think much on Dadaria, but she does not love of a stranger is as a dream : think not of him, beloved, he cannot be has struck and it is thirteen time (past the time of labour) ; oh, overseer, let your poor labourers betel-leaf
. The tribes and castes of the Central Provinces of India . eping for her ^has no bangles on her arm nor necklace on her neck ; she has no beauty, but seeks her lovers throughout the from the girdle, curry from the lota ; let us go, beloved, the moon is leaves of gram have been plucked from the plants ; I think much on Dadaria, but she does not love of a stranger is as a dream : think not of him, beloved, he cannot be has struck and it is thirteen time (past the time of labour) ; oh, overseer, let your poor labourers betel-leaf is pressed in the mouth (and gives pleasure) ; attractive eyes delight the , areca and black cloves ; my hearts secret troubles me in my Nerbudda came and swept away the rubbish (from the works); fly away, bees, do not perch on my colour does not come on the wheat ; her youth is passing, but she cannot yet drape her cloth on her the sight of rain-drops splashing on the ground ; so beautiful is she to look NAG ASIA 257 It rains and the hidden streams in the woodland are filled (and come to view) ; hide as long as you may, some day you must be mahua flowers are falling from the trees on the hill ; leave me your cloth so that I may know you will went to the bazar and brought back a cocoanul ; it is green without, but insects are eating the went to the hill and cut strings of bamboo ; you cannot drape your cloth, you have wound it round your coral necklace hangs on the peg ; if you become the second wife of my husband I shall give you put on her clothes and went to the forest ; she met her lover and said you are welcome to went to the bazar and bought potatoes ; but if he had loved me he would have brought me fish in the river are on the look-out ; the Brahmans daughter is bathing with her hair arhar-stumps stand in the field ; I loved one of another caste,
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