The legends of the Panjâb

—
—
;
—
62 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
dry his feathers, and the water from them was sprinkled over
the Kaja,, who, thinking it was rain, got up, and then the
parrot said to him
E^Jcar heth sutid, Bdjd, munh se palld Idh.
Bdni hathi Icholid, kardi banaj hupdr.
lie jo did rdjput us cMk chik hadhe hhdr,
Raja, sleeping beneath the lukar* tree, take thy sheet
from off thy face.
The E^ni has opened her shop and is selling as a trader.
A prince who came has fastened her bundle tight.
Answered RSja Easalfl
Afh maind, das shdrMh, hdri hdrt mor
Itne sMhiddn hundidh, totid ; hyun dhaular lage chor
Eight mainds, ten mainas, a peacock at every window.
So many witnesses, parrot : why has a thief entered the
palace
Then the parrot said, "0 Raja, the Rani has killed the maind
and I only escaped after many devices and stratagems."
When he heard this, Raja Rasalu fastened his cooking spit
in his girdle and mounted his horse, for when he went shooting
he always took two spits with him. On one he cooked his own
food which he had killed, and on the other the Rani cooked hers.
As he was journeying home, he passed Margala, and neared
Sang Jane,t and then his horse got so tired that he could hardly
crawl. So the Raja said to his horse, " Bhaunr 'Iraqi, you
used to fly along like a bird, and now when my enemy has come
you have become lazy and crawl along.'' And the horse replied
Andarund torid adidn, Rdjd :
Jis roz tu janamid, meri LakM sui
mere tan te chot na mar.
mde.
Je tu hhonre palid, main hadhon uthejde.
Je tu nikalid Tiain hahir, main darpar hhald de.
Je tu charion meri pith par naMh ditti hdzi hdr.
Jinhdn eh shohgandldn toridn, liadin sir hhi desdn elide.
* Acacia Arabiea : called also habiU.
f The. Margala Pass : Sang Jane is a village near the Pass. The
place is close by the site of the memorable struggle between Mahmiid
of Ghazni and Pirthi Raj on the Chach plains.