The legends of the Panjâb

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And the bards also sing thus, that on the day RSja RaSalA
was shut up in the cellar the daughter of a certain R§ja
resolved in her mind to marry him. So she built a house on
the road side between the cellar and the river, and waited for
the coming of Raja Rasalu. And she made a vow not to leave
that place for 12 years until the Raj4 should come out for
his bath. When the Raji: came out, the nurse showed him
the right road, and so he passed the building in which the
princess sat on the look out for him. When she saw the Raja
coming she said to him
Jis din da tuhjamid, main iaitM dhaular pa :
Je tun rdjput hain, tdn main nun muhh dilchld.
The day thou wast born I built this palace and lived in it :
If thou be the prince, then show me thy face.
The Raja said nothing, and went on to the river side.
Now
the princess had the power of turning into what she chose, so'
she became a kite, and flying into the
air shaded Raja Rasalu
from the sun with her wings. Then said the Raji to her :
Ulo, gagan hhaundie, laneti ddam let :
Tarkash haddhdn main hdnidn, nilcdlun terd pet.
Tun dweh meridn pairidn de heth.
kite, flying in the heaven, a man lies under thee :
Taking arrows from my quiver I will tear out thy entrails.
And thou wilt come under my feet.
Then answered the princess
Taman mdran tdmni, shdh pandh de aswdr.
Itnidh rdjidn na mdrid; tun hyunkar mdranhdr
Good shots strike the standard : kings ride on fairies
So many kings have missed me : why shouldst thou hit me
Presently the Raja arrived at the fiver side, where, too, the
princess, taking her own form again, sat down, and as soon as
she saw him, she said to him
Dhohtd Jcdpre dhondid, dhoih dhoti, jdmd, pag
ChicM anguU pdni main hhardh, til mere gal lag.
O DhoU washing clothes, wash loin-cloth and coat and
turban.