--- title: Love Song. — Folk tales from Tibet · full text with trees description: Love Song., «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Could I but win the maiden For whom my heart doth pine, I’d prize her as a jewel From depths of ocean brine. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / Love Song. # Love Song. Love Song. of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor: the whole text, 27 sentences and 362 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. Could I but win the maiden For whom my heart doth pine, I’d prize her as a jewel From depths of ocean brine.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") I’d guard her fragrant body, Like white turquoise so rare.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") My wanderings all behind me, I’d know no earthly care.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") As luscious fruit well ripened, Hangs tempting on the tree; So is thy beauty, maiden, Temptation sore to me.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") From longing for thy beauty, How can I sleep at night?[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") By day I seek thee vainly, My heart is tired quite.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") NOTES[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") \[1\] Compare, for example, “Tibetan Tales derived from Indian Sources,” translated from the Tibetan of the Kah Gyur into German by F.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Anton von Schiefner.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Done into English from the German by R. W. S. Ralston.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") \[2\] But I am preserving such of these as appear to me to possess any scientific interest.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") \[3\] Such a locality is described in the Tibetan language by a single word—a monosyllable.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") \[4\] The Kyang is the wild ass of Tibet.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") \[5\] This story is also told of a Sheep and a Goat, instead of a Sheep and a Lamb.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") See accompanying illustration.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") \[6\] Known as “La” in the Tibetan tongue.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") It is difficult to find an equivalent word in the English language, but the Princess describes its meaning.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") See also the story of “Room Bacha and Baki,” where the same superstition occurs.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") \[7\] This is in accordance with Tibetan custom, whereby a scarf is invariably presented upon all occasions of ceremony.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") \[8\] Another version of the story says cakes of dried yaks’ dung instead of sticks—see accompanying illustration.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") \[9\] The Monkey’s actual words, I regret to say, cannot be reported verbatim.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") \[10\] In Tibetan “chu-ba,” the outer garment, like a dressing-gown, worn by all Tibetans.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") \[11\] There is a play on the words of the Tibetan original here which explains this point, but which is incapable of adequate translation into English.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") \[12\] I.e., her heart.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") She compares her heart ripe with love to a ripe fruit.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") \[13\] Presumably she means the man’s passions.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") She compares them to the terrific demons (red is the angry colour) of Tibetan Lamaist mythology.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Some Verses From Tibetan Love-songs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/26/) - ↑ back to [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/)