The legends of the Panjâb

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436 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB. '
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Main apne Mbal ka mnkbra dekhun,
"
ji !
" Bole Sandal teri dai, meri 'araz suno, ri
"
!
245 Sil sawa san man ke biaunre par dhare hain, ji :
Chandar tu nahin dekha ) surij tu nahin dekha ;
kis bid h
bhaunre se nikaMn, ji, "
Donon hatb jore Niwal Dai :
" sila b&ja dftr, ji
!
Gall mSn palM p^ve Niwal Daij "meri sila ko Mr
karo, ji !"
Cbicbali ungal sila ke lagave bbaunre se bagal hatavOj ji
250 Nikalke bhaunre se bahir ave, mata ke mahilon mea
^ve, ji.
M^ta ke galle se mil-milke rovej ji,
Bhai bhatijan nun mile, ji r
Earyal Paryal nui mile, ji.
M§.ta ke milne ko ave, ji.
255 " Mata, mere pita sarwan ko mila de, ji !
"
I would see my father's face."
" Saith Sandal, thy nurse : hear me
245 There are stones (weighing) 125 wa^zs placed on the pil.
The moon thou hast not seen: the sun thou hast not
seen : how
shall I take thee out of the pit "
Joining her two hands, (prayed) Niwal Dai :
stone be removed !"
"May
the
Placing her garments round her neck* (prayed) Niwal
Dai : "May my stone be removed "
!
Putting her little finger to the stone she pushed it aside
from the pit
250 She came out of the pit and went into her mother's
palace.
On her mother's neck she wept bitterly.
She met her brothers and nephews :
Hai'yal and Paryalf she met.
She went to meet her mother.
* As a sign of earnest supplication,
t Brothers to Niwal Dai.