The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OP GURU OOGGA. 145
Sablr Dei.
" Jo batdii tain ne karJ : aisi kari na koi.
Bagar des Chauhan ki die laj
sab khoi.
Die lij sab khoi, Bahii : main sun Kachhal se ai.
270 Awandi Jewar bhayya ko diin mahilon se kharwai.
Nahm kam mahilon men tera : jit cMhe ut jaiye !
Kyi mukhra dikUave jag men: maro, zakar bas kkaiye."
Rani Bdchhal.
" Jo karni so kar chuko ! mat na kijo tar !
Jo mukat men likh dia na koi metanhar.
275 Na koi metanMr : karo jo turn ko bhaye.
Tujh ko tin talaq mahil se na kharwave.
Jo tu mukh se pher kahegi khoti bani,
Marungi katari khae : tajungi ab zindagani.
Sabir
Dei.
" As thou hast done hath no one done.
All the honor of the Chauhans* of Bagar is lost.
All the honor is lost, my sister: I heard it all from
Kachhal.
270 I will go to my brother Jewar and have thee turned out
of the palace.
Thy place is not in the palace : go where thou wilt
Why dost show thy face in the world : take poison and
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die !
Queen Bachhal.
" Do you what you have to do ! Delay not
What is written in one's fatef none can blot out.
275 None can blot out : do as you please.
I swear to thee thrice. Get me turned out of the palace! J
If you speak evil words again with your lips,
I will stab myself and die : I will destroy my life at once.
* Gilga was a Chauhan RajpiJt. f A curious use of muJcat.
X I.e. do your -worst.
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