The legends of the Panjâb

THE BALLAD OF ISA BAPAR!. 223
95 Spake Isa and said,
" My friends have left me and gone on.
This is the behaviour of my friends.
That they left me sitting and went on !"
Lanja* then professed himself a doctor,
100 And made the carael well.
The bagt of pearls and rubies
He lifted up with the end of his how,
Isa asked the saint,
" Tell me thy name."
105 " My name is Sarwar SuMn ;
My father is the wise Zainu'l-'abadin ;
Dhoda Khan and Sayyid Eana
And I are the sons of Aishdn. J
"
Sakhi Sarwar sent on the camel,
110 And bade adieu to Isa.
Isa left the hills
And found his way to Agra.
Crowds surrounded (him)
And began asking Isa,
115 " Tell us the truth, isa,
Where are thy companions "
Isa told them the story :
" They left me there sitting.
This was the behaviour of my friends ;
1 20 They left me by myself."
From one lakh of capital he gained three lakhs (treble),
And paid all his liabilities.
Isa went again to Nigaha
And took a leper with him,
125 And bathed the leper in the fountains.
And at the same moment his body became whole.
Isa forthwith went to Nigah^
* Lanj is a name for Nigaha, whence Lanja for Sarwar.
t SalUd, a large bag of coarse canvas used on camels.
X 'Aesha was the mother of Sarwar, Dhoda was his brother, Rana is
usually his son. They have shrines near Nigaha.