The legends of the Panjâb

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60 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Then said the maim to Rani Kokilan, " The first tihie you
spoke evdl
of me and the parrot to KajS Raaaia, what will you
say to him now Believe in God and leave off playing and
laughing with a stranger,"
But the Eani became very angry and said,
Kut-kut churi tainuh maindeun, maind ;
Inhdhgalluh ndl terd kyd matlah
tu baithi adh lihde,
tu thandhd ^dni pio.
Yeh pardesi dur de uth jdsan apne ghar.
I give thee minced cakes, maind : thou sittest in thy cage
and eatest.
What bast thou to do with this matter Be silent !*
This foreigner will go off to his distant home.
Replied the maind—
Kut-7cut cMndn ape hhak, Bdni ;
lidjd merd dusi, Ram :
harsdn lun haldl.
sddi wmaid Khudde.
Eat thy minced cakes thyself, Rani : I put my faith in God,
My Raja will come. Rani : I will be true to my salt.
When the maind had said this
the Rani said to her, " You
faithless bird, you have eaten frpm my hand always. Will
you be untrue to my salt The RajS, wanders about in the
jangals : and will you rather be true to him "
So she took the maind out of the cage and cut off her bead, and
taking the cage she broke it into pieces and threw them away.
Then she went up to the parrot's cage to kill him as well. But the
parrot spoke caressingly to her in order to save his life, and said
Bhald Md, jo sJidrah mdrio i, Bdni : aid chughalddr !
Banndn dil chirhivdh: asdn marddn dil daride,
Kaddh-kJidn, Bant, pinjarioh ; main weJchdit Bdjd de rdj.
Thou didst well to kill the maind, Rani : that was such a
backbiter I
Female minds are vexed by such things, oar men's
minds
are above them.f
Let mo out of the cage. Rani : I wish to see the king's
country.
* Lit., Do tliou drink cold water.
t The word maind is feminine and the word totd is masculine :
hence
the point of this speech.