.869.] The Nineteenth Booh of the Gestes of Prithiraj. 151 



Flew through the air like the wind ; 

 To where in Dilli, Prithiraj the king ; 



* * [defective line.] * * 



28. He gave the paper into the king's hand 

 Opening, read it Prithiraj ; 



Seeing the parrot, he laughed in his heart, 

 Made preparation for going. 



Poem. 



29. That very hour, that very instant, 



That very day, that very time, preparing, 

 All his heroes and nobles 

 He took, shouting " Boli bam." 

 Mention also* Chand, the incomparable poet, 

 The hero perfect in beauty, 

 And his army, all its cohorts, 

 A valiant army, thirty lakhs strong. 

 To Chamand Eai, the land of Dilli 

 And the fort, the lord of forts having given in charge ; 

 Away went king Prithiraj then, 

 Went away to the eastern land. 

 Couplet. 



30. On the day the marriage procession went to Sikhar, 

 On that day went Prithiraj ; 



On that very day to the Padshah 

 Came at Gajjanain (13) the report. 

 Poem. 



31. Hearing at Gajjanain the report, 

 Arose the hero Sahabdin, 



Of Khurasan, and Multan, 



And Kabul itself the ruler. 



A terrible warrior in the clash of battle, 



A king with arms heavy as steel 



The earth shook (beneath him), Seshnag fled, 



In the sky the sun was hidden, it became night. 



* ofT^I^ evidently an imperative ; we must suppose the poet to be ad- 

 dressing Lis muse, or to take a lower view of the case, perhaps he wanted a 

 rhyme for wpfS in the next line. 



