The legends of the Panjâb

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THE BALLAD OF iSA BANIYA. 213
Your ship will at once cross over (safely), sir !
The ship crossed over (safely), sir
Selling diamonds, pearls and rubies, sir.
He made many Ukhs of profit out of one lakh, sir !
10 Returning (home) Isa Baniya forgot (his vow), sir.
And forgot his vow of one and a quarter lalchs, sir.
Some time afterwards Isa journeyed again, sir :
Bought pearls and rubies, sir
Took camels and journeyed, sir :
15 Going along he rested at Shahkot* town, sir.
The leg of his camel broke, sir,
And Isa lamented his fate, sir:
All his friends went on to their homes, sir :
Isa sat down aad wept, sir.
20 Sayyid Ahmadf came and stood there, sir.
And asked, " why art weeping, friend, sir V
Said Isa, " a misfortune has come on me, sir
Friend, what help can you give me, sir
My trouble has fallen heavily on my head, sir
25 Friend, they have all left me and gone on, sir !
Said the Sayyid, " Remember, Friend, something of
your last vow, sir !
Friend, they have left me alone and gone on, sir ! "
Said Is&, " Friend, I made no vow at all
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I have no recollection at all!"
30 Said Sarwar, " The vow to me was a lakh and a quarter
of rupees.
Which you have not completed, sir."
Isa completed it at once, sir.
He put a lakh and a quarter of rupees into bags in his
(Sarwar's) name, sir :
And went on with the pilgrims, sir :
35 He journeyed under the protection of Sarwar, sir.
Arriving (at Nigaha) Isa rested, sir ;
* Near Multan : where Sayyid Zainu'l-'abadin, SakM Sarwar's father
first settled,
t The real name of Sakhi Sarwar.