The legends of the Panjâb

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286 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
525 Kaliti woh b4t aj Sila piari.
' Turn jaaa ab nat, bachi jan
"
liamari.-'
Darbdn.
" SilS, Dai ne jo kahi, main mani baram bar.
Apni ai sab mareii, main mara barani kS,r.
Kdr mara us ki, meri lioni M.
530 Na karne se chilk main ne apni kMi.
Un t§,li dl hath, kia kotak bhari.
Ab bigaregi bat, paii bahot kbwari."
'
Silwati ke hukm se khoi main ne Jan.
535 Khoi hai jan, main ne khola tala.
Jab kya karun jawab, an piichhe Lala
Kuchh is men nahin. Rani, hai dos hamara !
Jo Bidhna ki rekh, kaun metanhara '
Bdndi.
" Sila Dai, un yftn kahe mukh se woh darbaa.
525 Thus saith Sila, my beloved, to-day.
' Say nothing (about it) and my life is saved.' "
Door-heeper,
"What Sila Dai hath said I obey attentively.
All
die when their own (turn) comes, I die for another's
sake.
I die for her sake, my fate hath come.
530 I forgot my duty through fate.
She gave the key into my hand and deceived me greatly.
Now is my life spoilt, and great sorrow will fall (on
me)."
Maid.
" Sila Dai, thus said he with his lips, the door-keeper.
' Through Sila's orders my life is destroyed.
535 My life is destroyed, I opened the lock.
What answer shall I give, when the merchant (my
master) comes and questions
My Lady, I am not to blame in this
When Fate writes, who shall blot it out'