6. _Tutâng_ _gotéjo_ _rúi_ _nikai_ “Darkness from the house the female demon is coming out,”
viz., “out of the dark sheath the beautiful, but destructive, steel issues.” It is remarkable that the female Yatsh should be called “Rûi.”
7. _Lólo bakuró shé tshá lá há—búja!_ In the red sheep’s pen white young ones many are—attend!
This refers to the Redpepper husk in which there are many white seeds.
8. _Tú_ _djarro_ _môto_ _shûdung_ thou and old brains delivered,
“You are old and have got rid of your senses.”
Old women are very much dreaded and are accused of creating mischief wherever they go.
9. (_G._[16]) _Djuwanie_ _keneru_ _digasus_, _djarvelo_ _betshumus_. In youth’s time I gave, in old age I demand.
“When young I gave away, now that I am old you should support me.”
10. _Ek damm agáru dáddo dugúni shang thé!_ Once in fire you have been burnt, a second time take care!
11. _Ek khatsh látshek bilo búdo donate she._ One bad sheep if there be, to the whole flock is an insult
= One rotten sheep spoils the whole flock.
12. _Ek khatsho manújo budote sha_ = _one_ bad man is to _all_ an insult.
13. A. _Mishto manújo—katshi béyto, to mishto sitshé_ _Katsho manujo—katshi béyto, to katsho sitshe_
When you [who are bad?] are sitting near a good man you learn good things.
When you [who are bad?] are sitting near a bad man you learn bad things.
This proverb is not very intelligible, if literally translated.
14. _Tús máte rá: mey shughulo ró hun, mas tute rám: tu ko hanu_ = “Tell me: my friend is such and such a one, I will tell you who _you_ are.”
15. _Sháharè kéru gé shing shém thé—konn tshiní tey tshiní téyanú._
“Into the city he went horns to place (acquire), but ears he cut thus he did. He went to acquire horns and got his ears cut off.”
_Dî dé, putsh kàh_ = “give the daughter and eat the son,” is a Gilgit proverb with regard to how one ought to treat an enemy. The recommendation given is: “marry your daughter to your foe and then kill him,” [by which you get a male’s head which is more valuable than that of a female.] The Dards have sometimes acted on this maxim in order to lull the suspicions of their Kashmir enemies.[17]
16. _Eyk tshéekeyn kokói ek asílli; sése sóni thúl (hané) déli;
setshéy-se kokóïte zanmá láo wîi; tulé dù déy thé; (food, grain) eggs two giving does;