The legends of the Panjâb

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in vain !
152 LEGENDS OF THE PANjiB.
Lage piwan pani sagar men bhachir dhang lagaya.
345 Kat-sar gir pare dharan par : bhawar Baikuijth lok ko
dhaya.
Laga shish dharni se maran : kiik mkv mukh roya.
Gariwdn.
" Ai Bachhal, sua le mujh ko : Bhive ne an dabaya !
Tm to phiri Karne ki mari ! main kya pap kamaya "
Rani Bachhal.
" He Bhave, tain kya kari, is jangal men ^e
350 Bail h.amare mar gae j lie sarap ne khae.
Lie sarap ne kh^e : die bipta kyun bhari
Na jiwan ki as : chali ab jan hamari.
Is jangal ke bich nahtn koi hamra s^thi.
Hath malun, sir dhunnfin : ghari wob mere hitli na ati !"
355 Is bidh karat bilap^ jab tan murchha gae ae.
Tbey began to drink in the river where a serpent was
on the bank.
3i5 Bitten they fell to the ground, and their life went to
the next world.*
He began to dash his head on the ground and cried out
and wept.
Coachman.
" Bachhal, hear me : Fate has come and destroyed me
Thou art the victim of Fate ! but what harm have I done "
Queen Bachhal.
" Ah FatCj what hast thou done in this desert
350 My bullocks are dead, bitten by a snake.
Bitten by a snake: why hast given me great sorrow
I have no hope of life : now will my life depart.
In this desert I have no friend.
I wring my hands, I dash my head : do what I will it is
355 Thus did she cry out till she swooned away
* Baikimth, Paradise.