The legends of the Panjâb

124 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAK.
Main kis ko duri dosh
mairi liin Karmon kl marl f
25 Ai Prabhuji ! kabhi nahin dina dan : man Har kai nakmlina I
Yun hin umar dl klioi : bhajan man men nabin kina,
Picbble kini pap :
wabi ab age ae.
Jis bidh likb die ank, soi main ne bhar p^e.''
Edjd Jewar.
" He Rani ! Is jagat men Har bin kaun saMi
30 Bin karni sansar men kaun par ho jae
Kaun par ho jae jagat men I ochhe bbag likbaven f
Bina putar nabin gati jagat men shakal bed sab gaveo.
Is duniya ke bich anke birtha janam ganwayen.
Yeh sansar saupan ki may§, j nit soche pachhtaven.
35 Ik awat, ik chala j^t hai ; karam kare pbal pave.
Main nir-bhag, kaFam ka hina, soch mujhe nit khave."
Whom should I blame I, too, am Fate's victim \
25 Lord ! I gave no alms : I took not the name of Hari !*
Thus I wasted my life : I praised thee not in my heart.
I committed sins in my former lives :t now have they
come up against me.
The decree that fate has written down against me have
I suffered in full."
Rdjd Jewar.
" Queen 1 without Hari what help is there in the world
30 Who can be saved in this world without good deeds
Who can be saved in this world our fate has been
recorded as wretched !
Without a son is no salvation in the world, (as) all the
scriptures have sung.
Our life has been wasted fruitlessly in this world.
This world is an illusory dream; we ever sorrow and grieve.
35 One comes, another goes ; if fate will they reap a reward.
I am unfortunate and the victim of fate; sorrow ever
* Yishnu.
wears me out."
t Allusion to the doctrine of the transmigration, of souls.