The legends of the Panjâb

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296 leCtEnds of the PANJAB.
Ab doa dia jhhutj meri sar na jlim:
Aur ath pahar bich mile ham ko pan}.'
Mohan Bhat.
655 " Ugar Sain ke bans men, Harbhaj R^h sir mor
Sila Dai parcha dia, main lajfi dauram daur.
Laya danratn daur, Sahji, dil mera ghabaraya.
Jo mar gai, woh mahil bich men, Sila ne bulsiya.
Likhkar parcha dia hath men aur yah hal sunaya.
660 Milna hai to milo pitaji, ' kal mer^ yehan aya !' "
Harbhaj Sdh.
" Sun, re Mohan Bhat ke, hamen sunao hal
Sila ke gharbar men kya phaila janjS,!
They put undeserved blame on me, not knowing my
value.
And in the eight vatches I get water butonce/ "
Mohan, the Bard.
655 " In the line of Ugar Sain* thou art the head, Harbhaj
Sah!
Sila Dal gave me a letter, I brought it'here very quickly.
I have brought it here very quickly. Sir Merchant ; my
mind is uneasy.
Sila, who is undone in the palace, calls thee.
Writing the letter with her own hand she told
condition,
me her
660 (Saying) meet my father if thou canst (and tell him)
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I am dying here
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Harbhaj Sdh.
" Hear, thou son of the Bards, Mohan, tell me about her.
What sorrow has come upon Sila in her home
* The bards have evidently desired in this legend to give_ MahitS, and
his family descent from the great Agarwal clan of the BaniyA caste by
making them inhabitants of Agroha. This Ugar (or Agar P) Sain may
have been a leader of these before the Muhammadan destruction of
AgrohS.