The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OF ^Ila DAL 251
Sil^ ke p&s bat m4tide meri,
Nahin, to tiUegi prit aj meri ted."
Sili
Dm.
" KaMn sftrat bisi-^yd kyAn hue nda3 f
70 Jo tAta bo mal k^, likhi\ja babal paa.
Babal ke pS^s likhftn ab parwana
Jo cbahe mangw^e le bbej big khizdnli.
Man ki turn bat kaho apni sari
Kjflri pagya ke peoh kbuli £lj turnhM V
Mahita.
75 " Risal ab ham se yun kabe, ' J^o Garb Bathes
Gbore lao kharidke jaldf mere p^s.'
' Jaldi ' kabe, 'big pas gbore 14o.
Gbarbar tajo apna, pardes ko jao.'
Wob kahta bai,
' Aj b&t mino mei'i
80 Nahin, cbutegi prit pbir meri teri/ "
(But) go to Sila and disclose my commands to her,
And tben my and thy friendship is gone from to-day."
81la Dal*
" Why is thy face sorrowful why art full of grief
70 If thou hast bad losses T will write to my father.
1 will write a letter now to my father
Take what you want, he will send the money at
once.
Tell me all the trouble of thy mind t
Why are the folds of thy turban unloosed to-day "t
Mahita.
75 " RisalJ has just said thus to me,
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Go to Fort Rathas j
Go and buy horses and come quickly back to me.'
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Quick,*^ said he ;
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quickly bring me the horses.
Leave thy family and go to the strange land.'
Saith be, ' Obey my commands to-day ;
80 Or my and thy friendship shall be lost.' "
* Scene changes to Sila's palace.
t I.e., why is thy dress disordered from grief
J RasalQ always goes by this name in this portion of the poem.