The legends of the Panjâb

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44 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
" T want you to separate this millet seed from the sand,"
said the Raja.
"Is that all" said the cricket; "if I-had known it was so
small a job that you wanted us for, I would not have assembled
so many crickets/' and with that he made them all set to
work, and in one night the millet seed and the sand were separated.
After this the girls wanted the Eaja to swing them one by one,
in their swings, but he said, " No, there are seventy of you, ^
All get into one swing and I will swing you all together."
So they all got into one swing, and Raja Rasalu drew up the
swing with one end of his bow and let it go, when the swing
returned he cut the strings with his sword, and all the girls
fell out. _Some broke their arms, and some their legs, and
some got hurt in other places, exoept the one they had betrothed
to the Raja, who fell out last and so escaped unhurt.
After this the R§,ja went some ten or fifteen paces beyond
the swing, and came upon some drums which had been placed
there. The people told him that if he struck them one by one
Raja Sarkap would know that some prince had come to play
ehaupur with him. , He did so and broke them all. Next he came
to seventy gongs, and these also he broke with a large mallet.
Then the girl who had been betrothed to Raja RasaM went to
Raja Sarkap her father, and said
Ihjo did rdjput hardd mdromdr,
Patke Idshdn Jcapidn sitlid sine bhdr. ;
Dharin dhann hheren bhanidn aur hhane gharidl !
Tain nun, Bdjd, marsi ate sdnun Icharsi ndl !
A prince has come and is making havoc;
He cut the long strings and threw us out headlong.
The drums placed out are broken, and broken are the
gongs.
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He will kill thee, Raja, and take me with him !
Raja Sarkap replied
Chhoii nagan da wasJein, Rdni, wadi hart pukdr :
Jdn main nihldn hahar, tan men tan nachdwe dhdl,
Fajre roti tan hhdsdn, svr laisdn utdr. ;
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