The legends of the Panjâb

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266 LEGENDS OE THE PANJAB.
Dusri Saheli.
" Bagh tumMre ketki pak rahe zard an&r
SM sembal seuni chale begane bar.
265 B§.r chale, Eaja, kahan gy^n bisara
Hai suwad sabhi ik, rang niara niara
Bhojan ki sar koi bhukba pave
Parghar insaf sabhi dena ave !"
Raja Eas&ld.
" Rabi chandnl dekhti; khiib khili gulzar.
270 Ham chalen chamman ki sair ko dekhen bagh o bahar.
Dekheiige phul chamman bagh bahari.
Main §.ja jis k4m lagi kesar kiS,ri.
TA charon taraf pher, b§.t chun chun lave
Kydri chher kare ham se, tu rar barhave "
Second,
Maid.*
"In thy own geivdenketJcisf and yellow pomegranates
are ripe
The parrot is valuing the cotton-tree,J going to a stranger's
door.
265 Going to the (stranger's) door, Raj^j where is thy
conscience gone
The taste of all is the same though the kinds be many !
The hungry man knows the value of food :
And all must do justice to the stranger! "
Eajd Rasalu.
" Moonlit is the night, the garden is full of bloom.
270 I am come to wander (in it) and to see its beauty.
I will see the beauty of the garden flowers.
I am come because the saffron is planted in the beds.
Beating about the bush you speak ironically.
Why do you tease me and create a quarrel with me "
* To RasaW. t Pandanus odoratissimus.
J Bomhax heptaphyllum. The tree is beautiful to look at, but quite
valueless.
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§ Lit., "Wandering on the four sides you bring cliosen words.