The legends of the Panjâb

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146 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Na jiun pal ik :
pran chhin men kho dungJ
280 Dhur dargahori bich pakar pallA tera lAngi I"
8abir Dei.
" Are bhai Jewar mere f kahun turn hin se aj !
Bagar des ChauMn ki tar dhari hai laj
Tkv dhari hai laj bairan men ; samjhaM tujh koi.
Aisa zulm kia Bachhal ne jag men hua na hM.
285 Jogi rakh bagh men : le bhojan nitjae:
Adhi rat nikhad gai thi jab mahilon men &i.
Zulm is ne kia bhari
Laj sab khoi hamari.
De mahilon se karh !
290 Nahin, ua ko de mari 1"
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I will not live a minute: I will destroy my life in a
moment
280 I will bring you to account for it in the next world*"
Sabir Dei.
" Ah Jewar, brother mine ! I would speak with you today
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The honor of the Chauh^ns of Bagar has been taken away.
Honor has been lost through an enemy :
t I will tell it
all
(to you).
Such wickedness as BSchhal has done has not been since
the world has been.
285 She kept the jogi in the garden and was always going
and giving him food :
It was dead of night at midnight when she returned to
the palace.
Great wickedness has she done
All our honor is gone.
Turn her out of the palace
290 Or else destroy her."
* Lit., I will seize and take the hem of thy garment in the midst o£
the distant court.
f J. e. Bachhal: hairaniem.