The legends of the Panjâb

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464 LEGENDS or THE PANJAB.
" Kahan dhare, Eaj^^ tere kapre kaMi dhare hathiystr,
" Pitare dhare kapre : kMnti dhare hathiyar, jl."
Pitare se Islya kapre ; khftnti se layS. Lathiyar, ji.
Panclion lave kapre : panclion Mve hathiyar, ji.
665 " Pajij hansla ghora chet singaro, ji.
L^o deoiM ke bar, ji"
Paji ka beta dauia kye, ji
Hansla ghora lave deorhl ke b&r, ji.
EajS, Parag bawan sum ghoie kb nichkar, ji,
670 Jab pauri pair dhara chaiti ka tiit gaya tang, ji,
Sukh asan nahin ata, ji.
Rani Niwal Dai chaukat pakri khari, ji.
" Ai, Raja Parag, mati nil jaiyo shikir, ji
Mande ho gae sawan, ji 1
675 Raja Parag kahna nahin m&nta, ji.
Ghor& dabtaya bihi,-duni jangal-jhar, ji:
" Where are thy robes placed. Raja where thy five
arms "
" The clothes are in the box, the arms are on the pegs."
He brought the clothes from the box and the arms from
the pegs.
Five robes he brought :
five arms he brought.
665 " Minion, array quickly my fine horse.
And bring him to the door."
The minion ran ofl^.
And brought the fine horse to the door.
RS,ja Parag lifted up his left foot to the horse,
670 When he put his foot in the stirrup the leather broke.
He could not get his seat properly.
Princess Niwal Dai stood with her hand on the doorway
" Raja Parag, go not thou a-hunting !
An evil omen has befallen (thee) \"
675 Raja Parag would not listen to her words.
He gallopped his horse into the boundless forest wilds.