The legends of the Panjâb

820 LEGDNDS 01' THE PANJaB.
Jo honi thi ho gai, rahi Rabb ki maya.
Turn, Sila^ singar karo abran SEiro :
Is jhagre ko dur karo gardan maro."
SUa Dal,
" Yeh dhang mera kar dia, kya meri taqsir
960 Td janni mS.ta meri, yeh Mahita mera bir.
Mahita hai bir mera eIJ dharm ka.
Jo likha Taqdir mite nahiii karam ka.
Ab dekh liS, mujh ko dal tel ke andar :
Mat der kare, Babal j chal apne mandar I
"
BAYAN DUSRE BHAT KA.
SUSl
Dai.
965 " Babal, rath jutwie de, ab mat kije der :
Main bhojan yehari na karufi, hogi bari aber :
Hogi baii aber, karo chains ki tayyari.
What was to be has been ;
SiM, put on thy jewels and dress.
it is a mystery of God.
Put off this trouble afar and destroy it."
SUa Dai.*-
" He has treated me thus : and what was my fault
960 Thou art my bearing mother; this Mahita is my brother.
Mahita is my sworn brotherf from to-day.
What God hath written in fate cannot be blotted out.
He (Mahita) has tried me in the fire.
Delay not, my father and let us go to our home."
CONTINUATION ACCORDING TO THE SECOND BARD.
SUa Dai.
965 " Father, put the bullocks into the carriage, make no
delay now.
I cannot eat (even) my food here and we shall be very
late.
We shall be very late, make ready quickly.
* To her mother and father.
t After tliis Siia could no longer be his ivife becoming his sidter.
Is not this idea Muhammadan j*