The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OP GUBU GUGGA. 125
Edni Bachhal.
" Eajaji ! Sun lijiye man mere kl bS.t.
Bina putar be^kul ratlin, j (in chakwi ko rat
Jun chakwi ko rat,
Rao, main raMn beakul din r^ti.
40 Na balak khela angan men, bhar bharave chbathi.
Kya, Bidhna, tain likhi karam men
Main nir-bhagan part taraphti ;
Eajd Jewar.
nit sis dhanu pacblitati.
na kuchb. par basati."
" He Rani ! Sun lijiye : kyun socbe din rat
Man ki chinta ddr kar : bbale karen Ragbunath.
45 Bhale karen Ragbunath. Suno turn man chit lake.
Jab pfiran ho bh^g us se din ap bulake.
Queen Bachhal.*
"0 Raja, listen to the thoughts of my heart.
Without a son I am uneasy as a chahwif at night.
Like the chakwi at night. Raja, I am restless day and
night.
40 No child plays in the yard and my heart is very full,
What, Fate, has thou written in my fete that I grieve
with lowered head.
I unfortunate have fallen into sorrow, nor have I any
resource."
"0 Queen ! Listen : why
Bdjd Jewar.
grieve day and night
Keep the sorrow of your heart afar : God J
is gracious.
45 God is gracious. Listen with heart and soul.
When our fate is accomplished He will Himself call us to
pleasure.
* BacKhal was the favorite wife of Raja Jewar.
t The chakwi is a water-fowl, the anas casarca. It has a very plaiative
cry at night, which is the conventional simile for the cry of unrequited
love in India, and also for cries of grief.
J Raghunath in the text: i.e. Rama, or in modem times, simply
God.'
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