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W. Hoey —Set Mahet. 
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4 Nay, mother mine, but bid me go,’ 
Bold Gajan quick replied, 
4 And I shall fight the traitor king ; 
‘ The Prophet’s on our side : 
4 Say Bahhshd-duclh * and I shall go 
4 The Moslem faith to spread, 
4 Bring back the kine, and with my sword 
4 Cut off the raja’s head. 
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4 Or I shall fight and victor be 
‘ And come to wed this maid, 
4 Or I shall fall and on my grave 
‘ My wedding wreath be laid. 
4 For what should all my kinsmen say 
4 If I disgraced our name : 
Nay, with this king I swords will cross, 
‘ And turn his pride to shame.’ 
15 . 
Then Chishtif rose to interpose, 
But Gajan’s way was won : 
His mother said : £ God go with thee ; 
4 Dudh-bakhsha; go my son.’ 
So now for AjabJ Gajan sent 
And asked for ink and pen : 
He cleared accounts up to the day 
And paid up all his men. 
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He bid them gird them for the fight : 
His armoury they sought, 
And arms of every kind they took 
And rockets out they brought. 
His mother heard the order given 
And ran with naked feet, 
And clasped her arms around his neck 
His filial love to entreat: 
# An idiom, a form of speech equivalent to : ‘ prove yourself worthy of vom 
mother whose milk nourished you.’ 
f Also Chifti. 
% Mian Ajab Hatila, who is buried near Wazirgunj. 
