The legends of the Panjâb

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EAJA EASALI^. 59
Who fclirew down the well-brim, Rani who broke the platform
Who has taken out the water in pitehers who has thrown
down the stones
Who has broken into my palace footmarks are in the palace
halls
Who has lain on my bed the niwdi* is loose
The Rani answered
Main ne Tchuh gerid;
main ne hJiani nisdr;
Gharinn pdni main lid ; main ne silti, hhanglidr.
Maina hod% khoid, tote khoid gale dd hdr.
Chhorwdhar Sdjd, main ndi:
Sul men di sej letid :
dhilli jpdA niwdr.
mahldn pid dhaskdr.
I broke down the well !
I destroyed the platform
I took ont the water in pitchers ! I threw down the stones !
The maind loosened my hair and the parrot broke my necklace.
Releasing myself, Raja, I ran away : my
footmarks are in
the palace.
My enemy lay on the bed and loosened the niwdr.
When the Rani Kokilan said this the Raja beat the parrot,
and the maind said to the parrot,
" It is well that the Raja has beaten you, because you prevented
me from telling him in the beginning the evil deeds of the Rani."
After this the Raja went to sleep,
and nest morning before
the sun was risen, he started off for the hunt again, and the
parrot said to him,
"If we happen into any trouble while you are away, where
shall we find you "
And the Raja answered, "If anything happens within the
next three or four days I shall be found by the river-side
swamps. If anything happens within the next two or three
months I shall be found hunting in the Kashmir mountains,"
and then the Raja went away to the river-side swamps.
After two or three days, Raja Hodi came to the palace, and
dismounting from his horse went to see Raui Kokilan, and the
pair laughed together for joy.
* Cotton tape stretched across the bedstead.