The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND OF s!lA DA!. 271
Darban.
" R^niji, uth jagiyo : aya h.M kuchh k4m.
330 Koi shakhs dar par kha.tij le Mahita k^ ndm !
Mahita ka n§.m mujhe &n jag^ya.
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Tu khol de kiwdr/ kahe hatke &y^.
Woli kahta hai yeli b§.t, main ' to hatke aj&:
Ik titar ka bol main ne manda paya V "
8Ud Dal,
335 " KaM hamara man le; ja pftchliOj Darban:
Patte mahil ke puchlike hamen sunao an
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An kahoj ham se turn batian sari
Aur sis mahil bich bichhi sej tumhari.'
Jabke woh bhed tujhe hal batave.
340 Tu jaldi ab puchh : mati der lagave."
Darhdn,
"Jo turn Mahita ap ho : ho turn khas Diwan.
Door-heeper.
" My Lady, awake : I have come on business
330 A man is at the gate who calls himself Mahita.
In Mahita's name he has awaked me.
' Open the door/ said he coming back.
Thus says he, ' I have come back again :
The cry of a partridge, a bad omen came upon me.' "
Slid
Dai.
335 "Hear my command : go and ask him, Door-keeper :
Ask him about the (details of the) palace and come and
tell me.
(Go and say) ' come, tell me all about it
And where thy bed is placed in the mirrored palace.'
And then he will tell thee all the secrets (of it).
340 Go quickly now and ask, make no delay."
Door-ieeper.
" If thou be Mahita himself : if thou be the Privy
Councillor.