The legends of the Panjâb

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512 LEGENDS OF THE PA.NJIB.
Main sawarran kfien par pant bharni ai^ ji
Jab main pani bharne ki, ji,
1430 Tere pitsi. ne mujlie glier lia, ji.
Tere pita se main ne kabaj ji
' Main sahansar Nagan ki beti, ji.'
Main bahot hata rahi, ji
Us ne mujh se Thakur ke tin bachan lie,
ji.
1435 Tere pit^ ne mujh. se shadi kar li, ji.
Eisi ne Eaja Basak ko khabar dij ji
' Teri kanwari beti rakh li, ji
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Bara zulam kia, ji.
Raja Basak faujan cbarliake aya, ji :
1440 Tera bibal ko' Nagan ne kha lia, ji.
Us ke guru DMnthar Baid ko kba lia^ ji.
Main ne bahot tere bS,bal ko samjhaya, ji.
Nagan ke mare kumbhar khai khudwai, ji.
Sishe ka mahil banwakar, sui ka sanjar lagaya, ji."
I went to the golden well to fetch him water (to cure
him).
When I came to fetch the water,
1430 Thy father encompassed me.
I said to thy father,
'
I am the daughter of a thousand Nags'
I greatly dissuaded him ;
But he took my oath thrice (in the name) of God.
1435 Thy father married me.
Some one told Eaja Basak of it
' That (Eaja Parag) hath kept thy maiden daughter.'
(My father) took a great revenge.
Eaja Basak advanced with his armies,
1440 And the Nags slew thy father.
They slew also his Guru, Dhanwantar the Leech.
I had warned thy father often, and
He dug a deep ditch (to keep) off the Nags.
He built a palace of glass and made a wall of needles."