The legends of the Panjâb

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118 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
Hear you ! Let go my servants ! Give me the cows !
270 Else I will break your breast !"
" Your cows will not return, you Turk !
Hear, you beloved son of Sdbu !
I would see (the prowess of) your royal sword,"
Thus answered Eaja Sohal.
275Gajan, the Ghazi, seized his sword,
And made a great slaughter there.
Fighting the Sayyids vaunted, with daggers and spears
in their hands.
And pierced many a heart,
280 As if they were dancing chdchar* in the pasture.
Drums.
Before them were sounded drums and timbrels !
And the infidels were hurting them.
When the Sayyids met them face to face
Corpses fell lopped and shorn
285 There they fell corpse on corpse.
Fighting like the warrior Bhim,t
They inflicted mighty wounds in the pasture ;
Raja Sohal's courage failed him :
And trouble came upon him.
Drums.
290 He bent his mind to flight
In the field (Gajan) set up pillars (of victory)
And all the blood was spilt upon the way
GSjan the bridegroom set up the war-cry :
And killed many infidels.
Drums.
295 And a blood offering was made to Jogan !
Time,
Drums and timbrels were beaten in the pasture.
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Hear ye ! Sohal fled away !
* A dance round a pole at the Holi festival,
t BMma, one of the Pandavas.
t Yogini, i.e. Durga or Kali.