The legends of the Panjâb

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150 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Rant Bachkal.
325 " Kaiin Bidhata dukh dia kijo an sahai
Kyun biptS. dini mujlie, jo dukh siha na jke 1
Jo dukh siha na jae, Bidhl : tain kysi, gat kari hamari
Tap tap ansii pare dharan par : nir nain se jkri."
Kis bidh karat bilap mahil men Jabhi klik mukh man.
Rani Bachhal.
330 " Yah man uthat biyog : martin, main tan men khae
katM."
Chali mahil se bahir nikas ;
jhat kari turt aswari.
Rani Bachhal.
" Likhi karm ki rekh, dekhiyo, yeh gat hiii hamari.
He Prabhu ! sun lijiye ! L^j tumhare hath !
Queen Bachhal.
325 " Pate what misery hast thou given come and protect
me
Why hast given me such grief that I cannot bear the
pain (of it)
I cannot bear the pain. Pate ; why hast thou made me
so wretched
My tears drop upon the ground : tears fall from my eyes."
What wailing there was in the palace when she cried
out from her mouth !
Queen Bachhal.
330 " My heart will (not) bear this separation : I will die,
stabbing myself with a dagger."
She went outside the palace and at once entered a
carriage.*
Qiieen
Bachhal.
See, this was written in the lines of Fate : this misery
of mine.
God ! Hear me !
My
honour is in thy hands !
* A rath or native lady's carriage drawn by bullocks.