The legends of the Panjâb

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1 30 LEGENDS OE THE PANJAB,
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Sipdhi.
" Hira Dei Bandi, suno ! kahiin tumhare pas.
Ik shAht utara bagh men ; bai sArij ki parg^sb
Hai surij ka pargasb : kbila bai jaise pbul bazare
Moban marwa, rai, cbambeli ; di rabi ajab bbari.
95 Darshan karne lags Raja; is karan saji sawari.
Sun, Hira Dei, bat:
kabi main tujbe baqiqat sari."
Bdndi Hira Dei.
" He R4ni ! Is bagb men a utara parmans:
Aisi astlifca kar rabe, jun Sarwar ka bans.
Jim Sarwar ka bans, bagb men utara ae.
100 Main kabti kar jor, karo turn darsban jae.
Ais^ sundar rup, kaben sab nar aur nari;
Door-heeper.
" Tbou maid, Hira Dei, listen and I will tell tbee.
A saint bas come into tbe garden as glorious as tbe sun
As glorious as tbe sun is be ; blooming as a tbousand
flowers.
Sweet marjoram, mustard, jasmine :
wonders.
be is sbowing great
95 Tbe Raja goes to visit bim, and for tbis is tbe glorious
cavalcade.
Mark my words Hira Dei : I bave told tbee tbe wbole
tale."
The Maid ffira
Del
" Queen ! a migbty saint* bas come into tbis garden.
Tbey praise bim as being like tbe swan of Sarwar.f
Like tbe swan of Sarwar be bas entered into tbe garden.
100 I tell tbee witb joined bands and to go and visit bim.
Very great is bis beauty say all men and women
* Parmans in the text : should be param hans, i.e., an ascetic of the
highest order
t For the Mansarobai- Lake, the fahled dwelling of the hanJa on Mount
Kiilasa in the Himalayas. Sansh. Manasa—sarovara. It is used later
however in this song for a lalce in the garden.