The legends of the Panjâb

THE LEOEND OP SiLA DAi. 351
Ky.uri karte ho der
chit4 ki karo tayyari.
Piya milaa ka chao mere man men hai bliari.
1305 Tum ohandan mangwae sabhi samagrf lao.
Hath jorke kahftn mujhe piya pas pahunchao."
Harbhaj Sdh.
" Sil Kanwar beti, suno ; mat na karo biyog.
Yehan apna koi hai nahiii, nadi nam sanjog.
Nadl nam sanjog, L^dli, mat man ko bharkave.
1310 Ram Nam hirde men rakho, mat na bhai'am gaiiwaye.
Jalkar chhai badan ki ho ja^ hath nahin kuchh aye.
Kami kare mile balam pai ; bin karnt nahin pS,ve."
Sild
Bed,
" Ai mere gyani pitaj khiib di§, updes.
Jin ka sacha sil pai lage na maya las.
Why do you delay Get ready the pyre.
Very great is
my longing to go to my husband.
1305 Send for the sandal-wood and bring all the necessaries.
With joined hands I beseech thee to bring me to my
husband."
Harbhaj Sdh.
"Lady Sila, my daughter, hear : go not away (from us).
We have no (real friend) here, friendship is transitory.
Friendship is transitory, my darling : ruin not thy heart.
1310 Keep the name of God in thy heart and lose not thy
fair fame.
By burning thy body will become ashes and will profit
thee nothing.
Thou wilt meet thy husband (in the next world) by good
deeds : without good deeds thou wilt not obtain
him."
81M Dal
"Ah, my wise father, good is thy advice.
No part of illusion belongs to her whose virtue is real.