The legends of the Panjâb

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304 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Jo ja«ti laj wohih j4n ko dhriLo. !
755 Main paida ik bar hM bind se teve
Til dal agin bich, dekh sat ko mere !"
Harhhaj Sdh.
"Ik arajsun lo rheri,
Mahita, tain ne kya kia
Sahukar ke lal
Sila ka hal taiii ne kyiiri banaya
yeh Sila ka hal
760 Ky^ tota ghar bich tere mal ka dya
Main ne Sila die tujh ko ! kya pap kamaya
Tain bandi se hal pare us k& banaya !
Kyfin, Mabit^, maBh pherta
Agroh^ nahin dur
Sila tujh ko biyah die, to yiin hi mera kasur.
765 Mera kasftr die voi\ ke 'tore
Main bandi din laundi, asbab karore.
When my virtue goes then lay I down my life
755 I was born once from thy body.*
Put me through the ifire and prove my "
virtue !
Harhhaj Sdh.f
" Hear a word of mine, thou Merchant's son !
Mahita, what hast thou done, that this is Sila's condition
Why hast brought Sila to this pass
760 What harm has happened to the goods in thy house
I gave thee Sila ! And what sin have I done (by that)
Thou hast brought her to a condition worse than a
slave's !
Why turn thy face (from me), Mahita Agroha is not far.
Sila I gave to thee in marriage :
that was my mistake.
765 It was my mistake that I gave thee a platter of goods.
I gave thee maids and slaves, and millions' worth of
goods.
* Allusion to the belief in tlie transtaigration of souls-. She means to
gay that she was honored by being in one life bom the daughter of the
_great merchant.
f Addressing Mahita.-