The legends of the Panjâb

352 LEGENDS OF THE PANJaB.
1315 Lage na maya les, sil jin ka hai par£l.
Piya milan ko jae koi jag meri siira.
Piya bina nahin jiwan ;
jiven pi bin nahin hoe ;
JaM piya ke pas, majhe barjo na koe.
Dije chita banae, karo mat pal ki deri.
1320 Piya milan ka ohail, majil kboti bo men."
Sarhhaj Sah.
" Hirde gyan apne karo, maya mati bisar.
Yeb hi sati ka riip hai ;
suniyej Sil Kanwar.
Suniye, Sil Kanwari beti ; samajh soch le man men.
Pun d^n kar sil badhao, babal ke angan men.
1 325 Aisa dukh hu§. hai tujh ko a karke balepan men.
Hon sati chhoro, ab, Beti, tere li saran main."
1315 No part of illusion belongs to her whose virtue ia
complete.
Some noble (women) there are who go to meet their
husbands.
Without my husband I will not live : without my husband
I cannot live.
I will go to my husband ; let none prevent me.
Get ready the pyre ; delay not a moment.
1320 I desire to go to my husband, though the way be hard
to me,"
Harhhaj 8dh.
" Keep knowledge in thy heart, forget not (that these
are) illusions.
For such is the nature of sati :
Listen, Lady Sila, my daughter:
listen. Lady Sil^.
think and consider it
in thy mind.
Do good works and charity and virtue in thy father's
house.
1325 Such grief hath come to thee in thy early youth !
Give up becoming sati now, my daughter, I beseech
thee."