The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OF GUKU GUGGA. 203
Gugd.
" Lie surafa pahchiin, Man mere ! mat na kijiye deri
Htifcli jorke khaiaagari, 'Ram Ram' le mere I"
Dekh silrat ko ro par}, Imi jabhi pahclian.
935 Ho beakul dliarni pai-i, nd tan men rafaJ pran
Na tan men rahi pran.
Kyunkar tere Mfch bage the,
Rant BdchJial,
" Ai Beta, yeh kya zalm guzari
he papi, hafciyari
Aisa zulm kia hai tain ne, nahin larzi nain hamare,
Na apna darshan dikhldve ! na dekho an hamare
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Oicgd.
940 " He Mata, turn se kahun, man men sachi jan !
Kahe bachan; phirte nahin; hamen Guru naki an.
Gugd.
" Look at it, recognise it. Mother mine ! and delay not.
I stand before thee with joined hands, receive my
greeting {Ram ! Ram !)
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She saw it and began to weep as soon as she recognised
it.
935 In her grief she fell on the ground, nor did any life
remain in her body :
Nor did any life remain in her body.
Queen Bdchhal,
" Ah my son, what wickedness have you done
wretch-
Why did you stretch forth your hands (to slay),
ed sinner
Such a crime as you have committed my eyes cannot
bear!
See me no more, nor let me see you again!"
Gugd.
940 " Mother, I tell thee, know the truth in thy hfeart
Thou spakest the word ; it goes not back ; we are the
sport of the Guru.