The legends of the Panjâb

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No. V-
THE MARRIAGE OF GHAZt SALAR,
As RECORDED POE THE AriHOR PROM THE PRIVATE KilTHl MS.
KEPT BY' A Singer for his own information.
This man is in the habit of coirdng annually to the Ambdld Cantonment in
May to sing this song at the Chhari hd Meld, or Fair of the Flags,
which is held in honor of Mas'^id Sdldr Ghdzi, the great Saint of
Bahrdich, and now Patron Saint of the inhabitants of the British
Cantonments in Northern India.
[The song, which gives internal evidence of considerable antiquity, is valuable
for itR language.
It has proved exceptionally difiBoult to translate.}
[SdUr Ghftzi, Bare Miydh, Bdle Miyka or Mas'iid SaUr Ghdzi, as he is variously
called, was the son of SahA Sal&r and nephew of Mahmiid of Ghaznt. He
was fanatically opposed to Hinduism, and was killed when only 19 at
Bahrdich in Awadh, in an outbrealc caused by his fauatibism on 15th June
1033 A. D. Vernacular accounts of this celebrated hero are to be found
in the Persian work Mirdt-i-Mas'lliU by 'Abdu'r-EahmAn Chisht! and in
the T) rd d abstract of the same entitled Khuldsa Tawdrikh-i-Mas'ildi by
Sayyid Akbar 'AU.]
TEXT.
Git Shadi Saytid Salae Sahib ka.
PahilS. Khand.
Sayyid Rana ne kari tayyarij
Ang pMle nahid samae.
Sahar Radauli Gajan ko lae.
Tuk.
Sahar Radauli lae Gajan ko
5 Sab log dekhne dhae.
Dhan kok, jahan Sayyid paida 1
Banra sab ke man bahae.
Sayyid Raaa ne kari tayyari
Sab pharas phaniis karae.
10 Biobhe gulam galiche, tane lal ch^udni,
Gotakie hal lagae.
Sattar Salar ki baithi majlis :
O sarbat pan mangae.
Gulhal gulal chhirak dia,