The legends of the Panjâb

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PRINCESS NIWAL DAf. 453
KAei kl man men EanJji baithi, ji.
Bole Parag, " Rani Niwal Dai, merf 'araz suno, ji :
490 Bahot dinan se chhal chhal jae the, jl.
Rani, turn to mahilon ko chalo, ji.
Dhartmandal men na jane dun, ji."
Boll Rani Niwal Dai, " main Raja Basak ki beti, ji
Meri •'araz suno, jaisl main kahun, ji.
495 Raja, main to bipta ki mari, ji.
Mere babal ki kancban si kaya nun kusht laga, ji.
Sawarran kuen ka jal bhar le jadn, ji
Apne babal ko karwaun asbnan, ji
Sawarran kaya us ki ban jae, ji."
500 Bole Raja, " tujhe jal nd bharne dun, ji."
Bole Parag Raja, "tere pita ne bachan kare the;
Woh to bacbanon se phir gaya, ji.
Mujhe tbare qaum ka 'aitbar nabin, ji."
Boll Rani Niwal Dai, " niujh se tia bachan le le,
ji."
The Princess sat down on the platform of the well.
Said Raja P^rag, " Princess Niwal Dai, hear me :
490 I have been deceived for many a day.
Princess, come thou to my palace.
I will not let thee go to Dhartmandal."
Said Princess Niwal Dai, " I am Raja Basak's daughter
Hear me, what I say.
495 Raja, I am stricken with sorrow. ^
Leprosy hath attacked my father's golden-hued body.
I would take water drawn from the golden well.
And bathe my father in it
And his body will become (again) golden-hued."
500 Said the Raj&, " I will not let thee draw the water."
Said Raja Parag, " Thy father swore to me.
And he went back upon on his oath.
1 have no faith in thy race."
Said Princess Niwal Dai, "Take my oath thrice
repeated."