She took the head and went to the place
where Sambal Singh (the Raja) was seated.(15)
‘(Oh! Raja), the way you told me, I have done.
‘Here, I put the Quazi’s head in front of you.(16)
‘Even if you want my head, I can give it to you,
‘Because I love you from, both, my heart and soul.(17)
‘Oh! my lover, Whatever the word you gave me, you fulfil this very evening.
‘Through the winks of your eyes, you have captured my soul.‘(18)
When the Raja looked at the severed-head, he became fearful,
And said, ‘Oh! You the devilish,(19)
‘If you have treated your husband so wickedly,
‘Then what would you not do to me?(20)
‘I am better off without your friendship, I renounce your fraternity.
‘Your deed has dreaded me.’(21)
‘You have treated your husband in such a bad manner,
‘You may administer your ill-designs on me too.(22)
She threw the head there and then,
And started to beat her chest and head with her hands.(23)
‘You have turned your back on me and God will turn his on you,
‘And that will be the day of God’s judgement upon you.’(24)
Throwing the head there, she returned to her house.
Lying besides the dead-body of the Quazi, she went to sleep.(25)
(Later, she got up), put dust in her hair, and shouted.
‘Oh! My pious friends, get here,(26)
‘Some evil man has committed an evil act.
‘With one stroke he has killed the Quazi.’(27)
Following the traces of blood, people started to proceed,
And they all took the same path.(28)
She brought all the people to that place,
Where she had thrown the Quazi’s head.(29)
The woman convinced the people,
That the Raja had killed the Quazi.(30)
They (the people) got hold of the Raja and tied him,
And brought him there, where the (Emperor) Jehangir was seated on his throne.(31)
The Emperor thought, ‘If I hand over (the Raja) to the Quazi’s wife,
‘She will deal with him the way she wanted.’(32)
Then he ordered the executioner,
‘Slay the head of this man with one hard stroke.’(33)
When that young man saw the sword,
He started to shake like a huge cypress tree.(34)
And whispered (to the woman), ‘Whatever bad deed I performed,
‘I did it to capture your heart.’(35)
Then, winking, he added, ‘Oh you the Lady among all the ladies.
‘And the Queen among all the Queens,(36)
‘If I disobeyed you, I committed a sin.
‘I committed this act without thinking and without asking you,(37)
‘Now, let me go free. I will obey your command,
‘And I say this to swear upon the God.(38)