The legends of the Panjâb

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462 LEGENDS Of THE PANJaB,
Jab se main mahil men hi, feabhi shikar kbelte deKh^j ji/'
635 Sej pe ta'na lag3.yS., ji.
Bole Parag Maharaja, " meri 'araz siiuo, jl
Bhalke hone de sawer&, jl ;
Mera P^rag nSrm ;
tujbe khila dun shik&r, ji."
Janga] kt mirg§.nJ ko supnfl bliS,y&, ji j
640 Mirg&ni Hire mirg ko samjh&ve, ji .'
" Jani, ren ka supna ais& chandr& parS/, ji
Jani, kisi beri ne mfi,r&,
ji
Ghar ghar men bh&ji batti parij ji.
Jo mera kahna mane is thaire ko cbhoro, ji."
645 Hira mirg kabe hai, " thali&n mere pitaki wa d^de ki
haitij ji
Je main aur tbali men marung^ raeri sattar kali Nark
menjaveh, ji:
Since I came into tbe palace, I have never seen thee
hunting."
635 Thus she blamed him (lying) on the bed.
Said P&rag the Maharaja, " Hear me :
But let it be day-break to-morrow,
As Parag is my name I will show thee some hunting."
A dream came to the doe in the wilds,
640 And the doe said to Hira, the buck :*
" My beloved, I had a very bad dream in the night ;
My beloved, some hunter slew (thee).
And the game (thy flesh) was distributed to the (huntsmen's)
houses.
If thou mind my words thou wilt leave this place."
645 Spake Hira the buck, " These wilds were my father's
and grandfather's;
If I die in any other wilds my seventy families will go
to Hell
* Hird mirg is like sohan mirg Used for the black-buck or antelope,
Usually Tcdld mirg. Here I think Hird is a proper name. See Adventures
of Raja Ras^W.