The legends of the Panjâb

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LEGENDS 01 THE PANJAB.
Brahmani.
" Jaise tain kari waise kari na koe
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Nakhai, nabilsdi:"
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530 Yun kahti ro roe.
Bagni.
" KaMn mukh se yeh M bani:
Na ho jag men teri jiw3,ni
Maro, Gug§., terS, yana !
Nahid tuk ho kabhi syaya !
£35 Lago dhoka tujhe dhan ka
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Hal dekho mere tan ka :
Phor do garhe die mahare :
T^r gharat lie s&re."
Bant Bachhal.
" HS.th jor binti karun : mat na ho dilgir.
Jo bhij gae hain si\tru, leja resham chir.
Brahmani.
" As thou hast done hath no one done.
530 Mayest thou not live or prosper !"
Thus spake she weeping.
Song.
" I tell thee this from my lips :
Mayest thou not live in the world !
Gftga^ may thy children die :
May their youth be never attained !
535 May thy good fortune come to naught
Look at the state of my body.
Thou hast broken my two pitchers,
And made me thoroughly ashamed."
Queen Bachhal.
" With joined hands I pray thee : be not sorrowful.
L'lO For thy coarse clothes that have been wetted, take
silken cloths.