The legends of the Panjâb

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VII.
THE BALLAD OF ISA BANIYA,
AS SUNG IN THE PATIAlI STATE.
[This queer little ballad expreaaes in homely phrase the legends which have
arisen to account for the expensive restoration of the shrine of Sakhi
Sarwar at NigAhS in the DerA Ghflzi Khflri District, by one 'lai, a, rich
merchant of Agrfl or Dilli, in the time of Aurangzeb, about 1675 A.D.]
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ISA Baniya.
Is4 Baniya jahaj ladde^ ji
Te jotishian nhn puchhe, ji :
" Sada, jahaj kiwen banne lage, ji
Jotishi akhdd, ji
5 " Sawa lakh rupae di aukh sukho, ji
Us wakht jahaj banne lage, "
ji !
Jahaj banne lagia, ji
Hire, moti, la'l wechda, ji,
Ik lakh toil kae lakh nafa-safa kita, ji
10 Murke Isa Banij'a bhi^l g]§,, ji,
Te sawa lakh di aukhna bhuliS,, ji.
Koi din pa phir Isa chalia, ji
Moti, la'lkhfrida, ji:
Karhe leke chalia, ji;
15 Age a Shahkot de gaure utara, ji.
Latit karhe di tutti, ji,
Te Isa Karman nun pitte, ji
Hor bhai gharan nun chale, ji
Isa Baniya baitha rondS, ji.
20 Othe a khala hoia Saj'yid Ahmad, ji,
Puchhe, " tusi kyun, Bhai, ronde, ji,
Isa akhe, "main nun muaiwat bani, ji;
Bhai, tusi mera ki niwarna, ji
Main nfln dukh pia sir bhari, ji