The legends of the Panjâb

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640 K&ghaz, qalam, daw^t la ; main likhAn apne Lath.
Likhto main Mth 'bari bipta bharj
Hai zindagl se aj mujhe maut pi^rl
Main chhori is des meri s^r na jS.ni
Tehan ath pahar bich mile an aur panJ.
645 Tehan jMtliEl ab dos meri sil ko Eya
Koraron se m&r mar badan sujayS,.'
Itn^ ab kam mera jaldi kijo :
Meri mata ko jake kbat mera dijo,"
Blidtni.
" Sila ne purza dia aur kahi yeb bat
650 ' Yeh kbat tum ja dijiyo meri mata ke hath.
Mata ke hath men khat dijo mera.
Main taraphon bechain, bura hal hai mera.
640 Bring paper, pen and ink, I will write (to him)
myself.
I will write myself, 'great and heavy is my misfortune
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To-day is death dearer to me than life
I leave this land where my value is not known.
Here I get bread and water but once in the eight
watches.*
645 Here undeserved blame has been cast upon my virtue
My body is swollen with the blows of a whip !
Do this much for me quickly
Go to my mother and give her my letter."
Tlie Bard's Danghter.f
" Sila gave me a letter and spake thus
THE LEGEND OF sIla DAI. 295
650 ' Go and give this letter into my mother's hand.
Give my letter into my mother's hand.
I am miserable and wretched, hard is my lot.
* In the 24 hours. f To her father.