The legends of the Panjâb

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274 LEGENDS OF THE PANJIb,
Barhan.
" SJla Dai ke hukm se main dena phitak khol.
Mujhe nazar nahiii auta Mahite Shah ka bol.
Mahite ka bol nahm, hakim mere
Main ho gaya lachar^ patte sunkar tere.
375 Kholen ham ph^tak: Eabb j^n bachave !
Yeh sur ki si chEil nazar tere ave."
Tota,
" Raj§., ipag age dharo, mat kar soch bichar.
Sise jhalke mahil merij to nahin jal ki yeh dhar.
Jal ke nahin dhar, suno Eaja gyani.
380 Hal aine ki jhalak, nazar aya pani.
Td dur se na dekh, tujhe Ram dohai
Tu age chal ap palang upar, Bhai."
Raja BasdM.
" Mandi teri chandni ; sun, Diwe, meri bat. .
Door-heeper.
" I open the door ou Sil4 Dai's order.
I do not recognise the voice of MahitS., the merchant.
It is not the speech of Mahita, my master ;
(But) I am helpless, hearing the three secrets.
375 I open the door, and God preserve my life !
Thy appearance thus is like that of a thief."
Parrot.
" Go forward, Raja, think not over it.
The mirrors gleam in the palace, it is not the gleam of
water (that thou seest).
It is not the gleam of water; hear, my wise Raja.
380 It is the glimmer of glass that appears like water.
Look not at it from afar : God is thy protection
Go forward thyself to thy bed, Friend."
Rdjd Rasdlu.*
" Dim is thy light ; listen. Lamp, to my words.
* To the lamp in his hand.