The legends of the Panjâb

THE LEGEND OF GURU GUGGA. 187
:
Tatig Nag.
•' Main turn se yfln puchht^, kaho mukh se bat
745 Na cliuriS,n karian thari ! kyun nahiii nak men n&th
Kyftnuahin nak mennath Des menbliondiclialtumliari!
Na mukh se kare bain ; nain men bhare nir kyfln th^ri
Tap tap ansA pare nain se, basban bhij gai sai*i
Aisi ghar gbar phiro daulati, jun phirti hatiyari \"
Panhdr't.
!
750 " He Dada, sun lijiye : mukh
se kahi na jS,e.
Siriyal, beti Rao ki, lie sarap ne kh4e !
Lie sarap ne kh§,e ; nagar men is bidh sog ho ae ;
Des des ke ae gSiTU, na kuchh par basSe.
Gard Darera mang lie, hati rahi bina purani.
Tailg Nag*
" I ask this of thee, tell me with thy lips :
745 ThoQ wearest neither bracelets or anklets! why hast
thou no ring in thy nose
Why hast thou no ring in thy nose wretched is thy
plight in the land !
Thou speakest not with thy lips ; why are thine eyea
filled with tears
The tears drop from thine eyes and all thy clothes are
wet (with them)
Thou goest from house to house *ith uncertain step as
wanders a disgraced woman \"
(Female) Water- Bearer.
750 " Brahman, listen : I can hardly say it.
The king's daughter, Siriyal, has been bitten by a snake !
Has been bitten by asnake: so there is weeping in the city :
The charmers of every land have come, but they availed
nothing.
She was betrothed at Gard Darera, it was given
not carried out.
* To the female vrater-bearer, in his form of a Brahman.
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