soon reached the place (of Sahiban.(17)

Dohira

‘Listen my friend; don’t come here before the night falls.

‘Some body may recognise you and may go to tell my parents.(18)

Chaupaee

The friend came, made him to understand and then by sitting in the garden, he spent the day.

When the Sun was set, it became dark, he took to his way to her village.(19)

When it was total dark, he went to her and took her on the back of his horse.

After taking her away he started to go to another country and who so ever followed he killed him with the arrows.(20)

He kept on travelling whole night and when day broke he dismounted.

Himself he was tired and he was carrying with him Sahiban as well,

He felt exhausted and went to sleep and, on the other side, her all the relatives realised.(21)

Infuriated, they set up teams and marched tOwards that direction.(22)

When Sahiban opened her eyes, she saw the riders on all sides.

With them, when she saw her two brothers, she could not help her tears.(23)

‘If my husband saw them, he will kill them both with two arrows.

‘Something must be done, so that my brothers are spared.’(24)

She did not wake her friend up but took his quiver and hung it Over the tree.

Also she hid away his other weapons so that he could not find them.(25)

In the meantime, all the gallant ones came and shoUted ‘kill him, kill him’.

Then Mirza opened his eyes and asked where were his weapons.(26)

‘Oh, you the mean woman, why have you. done this and hung my quiver on the tree?

‘The riders have come nearer, where have you put my weapons?(27)

‘Say something woman, withoUt weapons, how can kill them?

‘Afraid, I have no friend of mine with me.’(28)

In spite of searching hard, he could not find his weapons;