The legends of the Panjâb

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440 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Raja Basak bhMchara se 'araz lagave, ji
" Kisi surat se mujhe sawarraa kAen ka jal mangw^
do. ji-
Us men ashnan kariinga, ji."
300 Bhaichara bole, " tft baia be-iman, ji
Tu putri ka n&ta Parag ko dena karke mukar gstyk, ji
Jo koi jaega, us ko woh jan se mS-r dega, ji."
Sab bhaichara ne jawab de dia, ji.
" Eaj§. Basak, hamara wahan koi nahii jae, jt !
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305 Kachahri men Raja B^sak ki beti Niwal Dai baithi, ji;
Boli pitd se, " Sawarran kuen ka jal main Mn, ji."
Raja bola, " Tu to, Beti, mat na j^e, ji
Mere bairi dushman ka mulk hai, ji
Parag Raja na awan de, ji.
310 Jo jine se marna bhala, ji
Mere sattar kuli ko delgh lagega,
"
ji !
Spake Raja Basak to the kinsfolk
" By some means procure me the water of the golden
well.
And I will bathe in it."
300 Said the kinsfolk, " Thou art very faithless !
Thou hast gone back on thy promise to give thy
daughter in marriage to R§ja Parag :
If any one go (to the well the Raja) will slay him."
All the kinsfolk refused (to go) :
" Raja Basak, none of us will go there."
305 In the Court sat Niwal Dai, the daughter of Haja B^sak.
Said she to her father, " I will bring the water from the
golden well."
Said the RajS., " Daughter, go thou not
It is in my enemy's land
Raja Parag will not let thee return.
310 Death were better than this life (to me then, as)
A stain will be cast on my seventy* families."
* Really a vague number.