HOW RAJA RASÂLU WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD

_Bhaunr' Irâqi_.--The name of Rasâlu's horse; but the name

probably should be Bhaunri Rakhi, kept in the underground cellar.

'Irâqi means Arabian.

_Verses_.--In the original these are--

_Main âiâ thâ salâm nûn, tûn baithâ pîth maror!

Main nahîn terâ râj wandânundâ; main nûn nahîn râj te lor._

I came to salute thee, and thou hast turned thy back on me!

I have no wish to share thy kingdom! I have no desire for empire.

_Mahlân de vich baithîe, tûn ro ro na sunâ! Je tûn merî mâtâ

hain, koî mat batlâ! Matte dendî hai mân tain nûn, putar: gin

gin jholî ghat! Châre Khûntân tûn râj kare, par changâ rakhîn

sat!_

O sitting in the palace, let me not hear thee weeping!

If thou be my mother give me some advice!

Thy mother doth advise thee, son: stow it carefully away in thy

wallet!

Thou wilt reign in the Four Quarters, but keep thyself good and

pure.

_Verses_.--In the original these are--

_Thorâ thorâ, betâ, tûn disîn, aur bahotî disî dhûr:

Putr jinân de tur chale, aur mâwân chiknâ chûr._

It is little I see of thee, my son, but I see much dust.

The mother, whose son goes away on a journey, becomes as a powder

(reduced to great misery).

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