The legends of the Panjâb

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300. LEGENDS OF THE PANjAb.
Hai Karta ki rekh, wo ab sab kk Wall r
Aur dosh bina cMnd nabJn surij khali."
Slid
Dai M Mafa.
" Phir mere Apar kya kare, sun lije, Sabukar
Beg; tayyari turn kapo, ja Sila ke dwar.
705 Sila ke dw§,r ab jaldi jao r
Is dukbia
jai ko men an milao.
Tum jaldi ab kuncb karo s^z sanwari.
Woh
'*
dekbi bai lih, men Sil kanwari !
Lachhmt Ndrdyan.
" Sang apne le charho bSis sau umrao :
710 Sialkot ke bicb men jlne waban ka Rao ;
Jane wob, ' Rao yeb hai Agrobewala/
Aur jane kis satb tera bo jae cbala
It is tbe line of Fate, tbafc is Master of all.
Even tbe sun and moon are not without blame* "
Sila Dai's Mother,
" What wilt thou for me now ; hear, thou Merchant
Get ready quiekly and go to Sila's door..
705 Go quickly now to Sila's door
Bring my luckless daughter to me.
Get ready now quickly and start.
She is waiting for thee, is
Lachhmi Narayan.
Sila my daughter.'*
" Take with- thee twenty-two hundred nobles -.f
710 That tbe Raja of Sialkot may know thee ;
That he may know thee for tbe Raja of Agroha.
And who knows what fate may happen to thee
* J.e., ttey are blotted by eclipses.
t Sucb apparently fixed numbers as these are not at all uncommon in
Indian songs and legends, nnxd do not moaji anything more than a vague
large quantity.