The legends of the Panjâb

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424 LEGENDS Oi' THE PANJAb.
Begd Nai ne Sikar salam kiai ji
" Ai Raja, mujh ko kj'a khidmat farmslo, ji."
80 " Srinagal men jao, bhaich^ra ko bulao, ji."
Srinagal men jakar bulawa dia, ji
Jurke bhaichara Kacbahri men ae, ji.
Ake bhaichara ne Ram, Ram' '
dhae, ji.
" Kaho, Raja Parag, bhaicMra kimrat bulaya, ji "
85 Raja Parag kahe, "Bhtiiyo, Basak roz khelne ave
sbikargah, ji.
Aj main Raja Basak pakar lia, ji.
Main us ko pakarke marne laga tha, ji
Is ne mujli ko putri ka nata A\k, ji.
Tin bachan Thakui* ke likhkar de die, ji.
90 Raj^ Btbsak se bair tha,: ab n§,ta ho gaya, ji."
Jab Raja Basak apne mahil ko aya, ji,
Ghora fcavela men bandh dia, ji.
Begu, the Barber, came and saluted :
" Raja, -what service dost thou command of me "
80 " Go to Srinagal* and call my kinsfolk."
Going to Srinagal he fetched them
And the kinsfolk came and sat together in the Court.
Coming the kinsfolk gave him salutation :
" Say, Raja Parag, why hast called thy kinsfolk
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85 Spake Raja Parag, " My brethren, Basak came daily
hunting in my hunting-grounds :
To-day I caught Raja Basak.
Seizing him I would have slain him :
(But) he gave me his daughter in marriage.
He wrote me an oath three times (in the name) of God,
90 Raja Basak was my enemy : now
When Raja Basak reached his palace
He fastened his horse in the stable.
is he my relative.''
* Near Safidon.