The legends of the Panjâb

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94 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
Sewad§.r Sarwar da kita :
Kuttin churian kare tayyari
Piran sadwaian.
Unhaii piriiii asadar chele kite
95 Sarwar de unhan ustut kiti
Khatam darud akhwaiS..
Bahiron aia Karma Dharma,
"Kiha shor machaia "
Dani akhe, " Sarwar Pira ;
100 TJs vich was nahm kuchh mera."
Sarwar was born •,
TEANSLATION.
Songs about Sakhi Saewae.
rejoiced
And moreover satisfied was Zainu'l-'abdin :
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The hearts of the saints rejoiced
And they beat drums.
5 Growing up he acquired knowledge ;
He learnt knowledge in the Four Books : t
The son of Mai 'Aesha J
Applied his mind to labour.
Labouring, the saint of God
10 Followed his flock to pasture.
-He grazed his flock and read the Quran^
(Becoming) chief of the assemblies of saints.
'Aesha's earning was this :
This gift was given her.§
15 The saint grazed the goats in the jungles ;
(and)
Passed his life in fasting, charity and prayer.
Sarwar formed a partnership with his enemies.
And sowed wheat by the river-banks.
His enemies set him (in the field) as a watchman
20 He fell under the gaze of a tiger.
* Name of Sarwar's father.
t Qui'an, Tauret, ZaMr, Anjil : i.e. Quran, Pentateuch, Psalms of
David, Gospek.
X Sarwar's m.otlier.
§ Idiom ; was the kind of son 'Aesha here.