1897.] W. Irvine— Nadir Shah, and Muhammad Shah, a Hindi poem. 41 
Dohara. 
41. Nadir Shah puchiyo, “ Kaho IQian ki bat, 
“ Sun, diwan sujan, tl sabh bidh hi ko sarat.” 
42. ‘Arz kari diwan ne, bahu binti kar jor, 
“ Khan ap ke kirpa kar bahut hi khiishl par yah mor. 
Kabit. 
43. “ Paliar ke shikar ml jo bahut hi khushi hai, wa ko dekh ke 
faqiran k5 jo bar5 hi bilaa hai, 
“ Yahi tai atak rahiy5 Khan hi sujan, jag kare bahu dan aur 
bandagi parkas hai, 
“Yahi tai mai aiyo ab fauj-hl li-yay5 sab ek lakh rupai de 
pathayo turn pas hai, 
“ Aur joi tuhfe mai-ne baja gini ap k5 jo laiq ho, qabul kijijo 
tas hai.” 
Dohara. 
44. Hukm hua tab shah ka, tuhfe kie qabul, 
Khiishi bhai diwan, parjan, hosh ka mul. 
45. Diwan, sujan, fahaman, ‘arz kari kar jor, 
“ Lut liya tha qila‘h, sabh shalir Jalandhar or. 
46. “ Shahan ko parwah 11 a kachu mal ke jan, 
“Jo ra’yat aur fauj ham sabai ap ke man. 
47. “ Ham hazir hai, turn shah ji jo kachu karo so saz, 
“ Jahis pathao jafc hai, tanak na kari awaz.” 
Savaiya. 
48. Hukm kiya tab Shah j5 Nadir, “ Jo hamri hi sipah bulae, 
“Jo asbab ho, tan yah sabh die-ke, diwan rasid likhae.” 
Turat-hi jae diwan sujan ne ‘ arz kari, bahu bat banae ; 
Tab-hi parwiina likhae dio, turn Khan diiaba ke bic sopiie. 
Dohapa. 
49. Bahu upman diwan ke likhe j5 Nadir Shah, 
Dera apna kuc kar, Satlaj likhiyo athah. 
50. Parwana le qasid gayo khan sahib ke pas, 
Sunat kan umagiyo, bhur bliayo sva-tah hulas. 
51. Ae shahr Jalandhar ml as thathi kare nawab, 
Bahut dilasa tah kino bhor bhai wah ab. 
J. i. 6 
