The legends of the Panjâb

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292- LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Main chabuk IM h&th badan tere marftn
Aur koraron se mar mhr khal utariin."
S'M Dal
605 " Mat na maro korare : kyiin tarsao ]ir\
R^ja, tera nam le, aya mahil darmiyan.
Mahilori darmiyan jabM Eaj^ aya.
Main taki men baithke jab pat dbakayl.
Woh boli., ' He Bahin, mere mundre lije !
610 Main us se kaba, ' Mundra ap SahAkar ko dije i'
Un ne cbalti bar mera yeh khot nikal&
Jin ne cborl kar mundra palang upar dMa."
MaMta.
" Bandi, abran cbbin lo, taro sabhi suhag.
Bhes duy,gan k& karo, mabil urave kag.
615 Mabilon ke bich pari kag urave :
I will take a wliip and beat thy body ;
And will cut the skin witb tbe strokes of my
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whip !
Sila Dal
605 " Strike me not with a whip : why dost desire my life
The Raja, taking thy name, came into the palace.
When the Raja came into the palace,
I was sitting in the window and closed the shutters.
He said, ' My sister, take my ring I'
610 I said to him, ' Give the ring to the merchant (my
husband.)'
As he was going away he deceived me thus,.
By putting the ring secretly on my bed."
Mahita.
" My maid, snatch off her ornaments, take off (the
signs of) her wifehood.
Put on her the widow's robes, set her to scare crows* in
the palace.
615 Set her to scare crows in the midst of the palace.
* Conventional expression for the utter disgrace of a woman.