The legends of the Panjâb

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THE LEOEND OF sIlA DAI. 347
Ragni.
" Gae bhartar ban jogl.
Pia bin kaun gat hogi
Prabhu, main ky& khata kini
1260 Bipat aisi mujhe dini !
Mere pat rakbiye, Sami
Bhagat bachbal Garur garni.
Sakhij babal pe turn jao :
Der pal ki mati lao.
1265 Kaho mata pe turn ja, ri
Cbita ki sab karo tayyari."
" Chandan big mangae lo : mat man karo udas.
Sati hAn, kosal racbun, chaluri piya ke pas.
Cbalun piya ke paSj sakM, main tum ko 'araz sunauru
Song.
" My husband became a pgi.
What will happen to me without a husband
What sin have I committed, God
1260 That thou hast given me this pain \
O Lord, preserve my honor
Protector of
the Saints and rider on Garuda.*
My maid, go to my father.
Delay not a moment.
1265 O go thou to my mother
And get ready all the funeral pyre.^'f
''Get the sandal-woodf quickly: sorrow not in thy
heart.
I am sail, I make my pyre and go to my husband.
I go to my husband, my maid, I tell thee.
* I.e., Vishnu.
t I.e., her husband heing now dead she intended to become sail and
bum with him.
X For the pyre.