The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEGEND 01' sfLA DAI. 311
845 Tain khot ki^, yar^ paran mera pEtla.
Ja ! Rabb ke Darbar terS. munh ho kala
"
!
Raja Rasdlu.
" Mahita, main tere giel; kar lena 'aitbar
Sila Dal ke mabil men nahm dusri kar.
Kai- nabin pap ki ; sun, mere bhai.
850 Wob Sila hai babin, meri man ki jai.
Hai jbAtba yeh khot jacha man men tare.
Tain lena patiya : lo abhi, age mere
"
!
Mahitd.
" Jaisi karni taiii kare jane sab sansar :
Nahin jagat ke bich men kami ka 'aitbar.
855 'Aitbar nahin kami ka jag men bhari.
Tu khata hai jhuth kasm sau sau bari.
Main jauoii hun tujh ko : kyun bat banave
Jaisa kia kam, tere age ave."
845 Thou hast done me evil, friend, breaking thy promise to
me.
Go ! mayest thou be ashamed in the Court of God !"
Edja RasaM.
" Mahita, I went to thy house : believe me ;
In Sila's palace I had no other (than a good) intent.
1 did no sin ;
hear my friend.
850 Sila is my sister, my mother's daughter.
This is a false suspicion that is in thy mind.
Test it : test it now in front of me !"
Mahita.
" As thou what doest all the world knows.
There is no trusting the libertine in this world.
855 There is no great trust in the libertine in the world.
A hundred times thou dost swear false oaths.
I know thee : why try to deceive me
As thou hast done^ so (is the result of) it before
"
thee !