The legends of the Panjâb

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302 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
" Silwanti teri ma si, silwaiit& tera bap
Sila, tujh ko woh kya bhala kaunsa pap
Pap daha tujh ko kaunsS, bharl
730 Tain khoi kyun laj bhala aj hamari
Ab kah diye sach hal jo ke guzra s&ra
Kyfin jiti bhartar bhes rand ka dhara "
Slid Dai.
" Silwanti meri man si, silwanta mera bap :
Sil mera patya lo :
satwanti Mn ap.
735 Silwanti hAn dp, Rabb sakhi merS,.
Us Eaja ne an kya chhal se phera
Jab dekha main ne samhne se Bisal aya,
Phir take men baitb main ne pat dhakaya
Woh bola phir, ' Bahin meri, mundra lijo :'
740 Main ne us se kaha, ' Mundrd Sahukar ko dijo/
" Virtuous was thy mother,* virtuous was thy father.
Sila, what great evil has come upon thee
What great sin has been charged to thee
730 Why hast wholly destroyed our honor to-day
Tell me now the truth of all that has happened :
Why hast thou put on a widow's robes while thy
husband is alive "
Sila
Dai,
" My mother was virtuous, virtuous was my father.
Test my virtue,- for virtuous am I.
735 Virtuous am I and God is my witness.
The Raj& came and deceived me.
When I saw that Risal had come before me,
I was sitting in the window and I shut the shutters.
Then said he, • My sister, take my ring.*
740 And I said to him, ' Give the ring to the Merchant (my
husband).'
* Speaking now to Sila at Sialiot.