The legends of the Panjâb

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So mujh se tain kaho, mati kar soch bichari !
Tell it me and be not so grieved and sorrowful !
338 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
8Ud Dai
" He Malan, sacM kaho : kyun man kia udas
Kyfln nainon jal cba raha kaho hamEire pas.
1 155 Kaho hamare p4s : rudan karti kyAn ai
Kya kuchh hua bigar mujhe de sach batae.
Ky& kin bipta kaha tere ko deni gari
Mdlan.
" Sil Kanwar, main kya kahun dhare nahin man dhir !
1160 Woh to Mahita Shah ka baitha bana faqir.
Baith^ bana faqir dekhke us ko ai.
Kya mukh seti kahuh dekh tan hM saudai.
Tumhare pati lia jog : kaun gat hui tumhari
Yeh mujh ko afsos bai&: sun, Sil Kanwari
SUa Dal
" Thou Gardener's Wife, speak the truth : why art so sad
in thy heart
Why fill thine eyes with tears Come and tell me.
1155 Come and tell me : why art so sorrowful
Has anything been wrong with thee Tell me the
truth.
Has any one said anything harmful, giving thee abuse
GardeMer's
Wife.
" My Lady Slla, what shall I say I have no joy in my
heart
1160 Mahita the Merchant's son sits in the garden having
become a, faqir.
Sits there a faqir; seeing him I am come.
What shall I say with my lips when I saw him my
body was all full of grief.
Thy husband has taken the saintship : what misery is
thine
Great is this my sorrow : listen, my Lady Sila.