The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND 0¥ sIlA DAL 257
145 Chalke darbar bich kijo kaja,
Aur bahota hi inam tujhe denge Raja.''
Dutidn.
" Paik, tere sang ckalen, nabiri karen takrar.
Bhag hamare bahore jo yad kare Sarkar.
Sai'kar kare yad, chalen sath tumbare.
150 Aur mudat men bhag khule &j hamare.
Dhan dhan din aj \k jo Rabb ne jora !
Ham sath chaleri tere, ab milke jora."
Paik.
" Duti laya chh&.ntke, sundar, chatr suj^n ;
Hukm dia tha ik ko, do hazir kare an.
155 Hazir main an kare chau se laya :
Aur dhAnd gallon ghar in ka paya.
Yeh sab men hoshiar ik diitl pai.
Nam tumhare ke sdth uthke ai."
145 Come and do the business there is (to do) at Court,
And the Raja will give thee a great reward."
Witches.
"Messenger, we go with thee and make no objection.
Fortunate is our fate that the Court remembers us.
The Court remembers us, we go with thee.
150 After a long while our fate has become propitious to-day.
Happy happy is the day to-day that God hath granted
us !
We go with thee, the pair of us together."
Messenger.
" I have, chosen and brought the witches, handsome and
wise.
I was ordered to find one, but two have I brought.
155 I have brought them here with much diligence :
Searching in the lanes I found their house.
This one is the cleverest witch among them all
She got up and came at (the mention of) your name."
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