The legends of the Panjâb

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214 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
He said to his friends, sir
" I will take the bags ofi the asses, sir.
And fulfil my vow to Sarwar, sir/'*
40 Taking the rupees IsS. B^niya built a shrine, sir.
He sent for three sorts of men, sir
A leper, a blind man, sir.
And a eunuch, sirt
And left them in charge of
the building, sir.
45 Said the blind man, " I have no faith (in Sarwar), sir."
Sayyid Ahmad came at once,
And blotted out the blind man's unbelief;
(Saying) " Come, friend to the fountain."
He bathed him in the water of the fountain.
50 When the blind man washed his face,
Then he became able to see.
Seing this said the leper,
" Unbelief has entered into me."
Said Sarwar to him,
65 " Come, Friend, to the fountain."
He bathed him at the fountain
And made his body whole.
Seeing this said the eunuch,
"In my mind, too, is unbelief."
60 Said Sarwar, " Go, Friend to the fountain."
He bathed the eunuch at the fountain
Sarwar and God made his body whole.
(After this) Isa again went home, sir.
And reaching it forgot Sarwar, sir.
65 Said Isa Baniya, " I know not Sarwar."
He broke all the lamps, sir,
(Saying) "Sarwar burns the oil uselessly, sir."
Unbelief again entered IsSi's mind, sir.
Isa's body at once broke out (into leprosy), sir.
* I.e., build up his shrine.
t These men are reputed to have been the first followers of Sarwar
and named Kulung, Kahin and Shekh. From them are descended the
present Miijawirs or guardians of Sarwar's shrine. They were necessarily
long anterior to Isa's tim.