The legends of the Panjâb

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310 LEGENDS OP THE PAN.TAB.
Barbad kia^ ham ko dagha karke bharf
Aur khoi sab laj aj b§it hamari.
In kar die barbad dos ham ko dlna.
Ab, jindagl barbadj bura lagtA jina \"
Raja Easalu.
835 " Sat bachan tum se kahunj kar, MahitS, 'aitbsir :
Sila k^ sat na diga, sakhi hai Kart^r.
Sakhi Kart^r sat Sila s^ncha :
Ujal, parwar bara, kul ka achha !
Kuchh p^p ki nahiii kaj mahil dekha tera.
840 Is bat ka 'aitbar karo, Mahita mera."
Mahita.
" Tu apni si kar chuka; ban ai sab kar.
Ab ham seti mat kare jhAthe, Risal, rS.r.
Kyftn jhuthe takr^r kare ham se, Raja
Sab jane sansar jaisa karo kaj§..
He has ruined me, deceiving me greatly :
And destroyed my Hfe and honor to-day.
He has ruined me and brought shame upon me.
And now, when life is ruined, it is an evil to live 1"
Bajd
Rasdlu.
835 "I speak to thee truth ; Mahita, believe it.
Sila's virtue has not fallen, Go"d is witness.
God is witness that Sila's virtue is untouched,
(It is that of) a high and great family and line.
I saw thy palace without any sinful act.
840 Believe the truth of this, my (friend) Mahita."
Mahita.
" Thou hast accomplished thy desires : all thy wish is
done.
And now create no needless quarrel with me, Eisal.
Why create a needless quarrel with me, Raj^
All the world knows of thy (mode of)
action.