The legends of the Panjâb

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448 LEGENDS OP THE PANJAB.
Sawarran kAen clihip& tha, ji
410 Us par sawa sau man M sil dhari thi, ji.
Us ko dekhke Niwal I)a,i ghabarai, ji.
" Sri Thakur, yeli kaun kari, " ji
Niwal Dai hath jorke bandagi lag&.ve, ji :
" Main bipta ke mare sawarran kuen par ai, ji.
415 Chandar main nahin dekhl : Stirij main nahin dekha, ji.
Jis din main mahilon men jami mujhe bhauiiri men ger
dia, ji.
Pita mere ko kusht laga, ji
Bhaichara ne jawab de diS,, ji.
Mere Thakur, mujhe bipta paii, ji
420 Thakur mere, is bipta ko kato, ji
KAen ke upar se sila ko tha*
do, ji.
Sawarran kuen se jal bhar lun, ji."
Sawarran kAen pe pair ke gunthe se sila ko thave.f
Jhukke jal ko na dekhe, ji
The golden well was hidden :
410 On it was placed a stone of 125 mans.
On seeing it Niwal Dai was perplexed.
" Holy God, what hast thou done "
Niwal Dai prayed with joined hands :
" I came to the golden well in my sorrow.
415 I have seen not the Moon: I have seen not the Sun.
The day I was born in the palace they put me into the
pit.
Leprosy,has attacked my father.
And the kinsfolk have refused (to help him).
Trouble has fallen on me, my God !
420 My God, take away my trouble !
Lift up the stone from the well.
I would draw water from the golden well."
She pushed away the stone with her great toe.
She did not look at the water out of modesty,
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* For uthd. f For uthdve.