The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OF GURU GUGGA. 197
Jab se mera janam Ma, mam ik din nahin bisare."
Lie bitha godi men apni, hit karke puchkari.
Gdga.
" Bin dekhe nahin chain nanjhe ; main kahta pas tumhare."
Surjan.
860 " He Bhai, tumhare bina nahin hamen chit chain.
Bin dekhe kaise jien na nakse mukh bain !
Na nakse mukh bain ! Rahi hai bina pati jun nari
Jaisi ren sasa bin suni, ya gat hui hamari
Bin dipak suna hai mandar, kaun kare rakhwali
865 He Bhai, ham ko dijo, kuchh ave samajh men tuhari."
Gugd.
" Ai Bhai tain kya kahi aisi khoti bat
Kyun bole karwe bachan na ave kuchh hath !
I have not forgotten them a moment since I was born."
She sat him on her knee and loved and caressed him.
Guga.
" Without seeing them I have no joy, I tell thee."
Surjan.
860 " Ah Brother, I had no joy in my heart until I saw thee.
How could I live without seeing thee nor could I speak
with my lips
Nor could I speak with my lips ! I was like a woman
without her lord.
My life was desolate like a night without the moon :
this
was my state.
As a house without a lamp (son), who shall guard it
865 Ah Brother give me something* as it beseems thy
heart \"
Gugd.
Ah Brother, why hast spoken such evil words
Why speak bitter words They come to no good !
* I.e., a share in the hereditary property.