1 196 .iUTGUAUN FOETRY.
2 • Tlie;Adyiiilll90lldlli«ve nddened theur bandit
3 As a falcon dyes its ttdons in the bloo<l of its quarry.
4 They have uuuk their wliite swords rosy with blood*
5 * As a bed tulips blooiuing in t»uuuiier.
6 f. Amafl Khaun and Derry a Khaun were the heroes.
7 Eadi emulous of the other,
8 r They Btauied the valley of Kheiber with blood ;
9 And potire<l the tumult (of war) on to Currupa.
10 * Up to Currupa, and to Bi^our, the mountains, and the plains
11 ' - ^ncnibM, at wiA an cwtfiqiMke^ ^""^
12 I . It is now five years, that in those quarters,
13 Every day hns been heard the clashing of bri^it nPOldL
14 Since I left tliat country, I am annihilated.
15 Am I diMul, or are tlioie around me dead ?
16 I call aloud Ibr tfoopa till I am weaiy:
17 But those around OM We denf l>oth to eompbintt and npraadkei^
18 Had I known the state of the F^usofzyes, •
19 I should liave pr< ferniH flying to Dumghaur.
20 " The dugs of the Kiiulluks wottld be better than the Eu&o&ycs,
21 Etch if the Kharttuka thgnadw were no better than dogs.
22 Hie whole of die A%litini% from Candahirto Attod^
23 Rely opetdy or "secretly on each other's honour.
24 Yet^ see-ho«- many battles have taken place in all quarters^
25 And yet the Eusofzyes have shewn no sense of shame.
26 The first battle was behfaid the hill^
27 ^^crc forty thousand Mogtds woe eot to pfeoMi
28 TTieir wives, and their daughters, were the prisoners of the Aignauni>
29 And strings on !^trings of horses, uuucls, and elephanta were takeQ.
30 The second was fought by Meer H ossein, in the Oooaub^
31 When Uahc^waacnMhedUke tfaakef asMke.
32 After that, was the fight of the Fort of Nonshdira,
33 "\^'}iirh rriTim etl the intoxication from the head of the Mognln
34 Attcr it, came Jeswunt Sing, and Shoi^aut Khaun,
35 Whom Amail defeated at Gundaub.
36 The sDEdi battle was iriA Mooknrnim Khaon, aodShnmsbeer Khaun,
37 Whom Amail cut up to his hairt's content.
38 Wp >inve nlwnys Iiithcrto been victorious in battle;
39 And therefore, heoceftirward, let us trust ia the Lord.
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