The legends of the Panjâb

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Tere binei, main na karun bhala burd kuchh kir.
Kdr karArij Mr chaMn jagat jjlke
Jo hove, kuchh bat suneu Silk Dai ki.
Chal sundar ke mandar, chit mera dola !"
Pahili Sahell.
''Hasti chhiita than se chala begani khet
Madan sit&y^ yeh phire leta hai sab bhet.
Leta hai bhet, suno, sathan meri,
Turn lijo parcha : age jan na pave."
Raja Rasdlu,
" My parrot,* clever in all things :
Without thee I do nothing good or bad.
If it be possible, I will hear something of
Come to beauty's abode, my heart is set on it !
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Rdjd Rasdlu.
" Hiraman ki kh&n, tain sab baten hoshiar.
255 Main dekhAiigSi aj sat kaise Bilk:
260 Do paM men dal gyan us ki beri.
Hai achraj yeh bat : khet bar apni khave !
I will do my desire, I will go skilfully about my work.
255 I will see to-day what Rila's virtue is.
First Maid.f
Sila Dai.
" The elephant has got loose from his stable and
wanders in a stranger's field !
Afflicted with lust he wanders over its boundaries.
He wanders over the boundaries ; hear me, my companion.
260 Place the fetters of wisdom on his feet.
It is a wondrous thing that the fence destroys its own
field!
Do thou stay him and let him not go further."
*_ Lit., Thou mine of diamond stones. Htraman, Diamond- stone, is
by itself a common expression for parrot.
t Basaia has now reached Sila's palace. The maid sees him and
addresses her companion in riddles,
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