The legends of the Panjâb

: "
Jin ghar ' ho na baithna/ oh kafir be-pir.
Td mukh se tuk bol ; kaho sachi bani."
8Ud Dai.
Jis se hai piyar, woh pardes sidhara.
Ab rain same ae : kya _kam tumhara
Tum Rajan Maharaj ! Jagat jano supna.
Mat chhal-bal ke bich dharm kho apna !
THE LEGEND OF sfLA DAf. 277
Eajd Basdld.
"'Ao' kahen, so auM : 'baith^ kahei, so pir.
415 Kafir be-pir wohi hote sare,
Ghar ae ka ni4n nahin rakhte piS,re.
Main dar pe tere aya huh, Sila Eani
" Kyuh, Eaja, mahiloh ae kia man kya bichar f
420 Sahukar ghar hai nahih, jis se terS, piyar.
Bajd Rasdlu.*
" Who say ' come' are holy men : who say ' sit down' are
saints.
In whose house is nor ' come' nor ' sit down' are
irreligious infidels.
415 Irreligious infidels are they all,
Who hold not guests in loving respect.
I am come to thy door, my Lady Sila,
Say something with thy lips :
8lla
Dai.
speak (to me) truly."
" Why hast come to the palace, Raja what thought is
in thy heart
420 The merchant (Mahita) is not in the house, whom thou
dost love :
Whom thou dost love is gone to a foreign land.
Coming in the night time, what is thy desire
Thou art a king of kings ! know this world for a dream.
Do not lose thy virtue in the midst of deceit I"
* To sua Dai.