(She) was the daughter of a great king.
She was the daughter of a big Raja and there was none other like her.(1)
He saw a handsome man.
She saw a handsome man and the Cupids arrow went trough her body.
Seeing the beauty of (that) Sajjan (Mitra) became entangled (with him).
She was entrapped in his splendour and she sent her maid to invite him.(2)
Played with him
She enjoyed sex with him and had various sex-plays.
Sleep at two o'clock in the night
When the night had gone two watches, they ravelled again.(3)
After waking up from sleep, combined again.
They would get up from the sleep and make love. When one-watch was left.,
So (he) himself went and woke up the maid
The maid would wake them up and accompany him to his home.(4)
She used to call him like this every day
This way the lady used to call him everyday and send him back at the day break.
She used to celebrate Rati with him.
Whole night she used to indulge in sex and no body else could discern.(5)
One day (he) called that (friend).
One day she called him and after sex-play bade him to go.
The maid was very sleepy,
The maid was in deep slumber and could not accompany him.(6)
Mitra left without the maid
The lover left the place without the maid and reached where the watchmen were posted.
His call had arrived.
His bad time had come but that idiot did not grasp the mystery.(7)
Dohira
The watchmen asked who was he and where was he going.
He could not reply and started to run away.(8) .
If the maid were with him, she would have replied.
But now the watchman chased him and caught him from his hand.(9)
Chaupaee
The news (of this incident) reached the queen.
The spreading rumour reached the Rani, and she felt herself being Pushed towards the hell.
Your friend has been caught (by the guards) as a thief
‘Your paramour has been apprehended being labelled as a thief and all your secrets are going to be exposed.’(10)
Rani clapped her hands
Rani, in desperation, hit her hands and pulled her hair.
On the day when the beloved departs,
The day when one’s companion is taken away, that day becomes most agonizing.( 11)
Dohira
To avoid social ignominy, she sacrificed her love and could not save him,
And he was killed and thrown in the River Satluj.(12)
Chaupaee
(The queen denied this) that he had come to kill the king.
She told every body to announce that he had come to kill the Raja.
They threw him in the river.
He was killed and his body was washed away in the river and the secret remained undisclosed.(13)(1)
Fifty-third Parable of Auspicious Chritars Conversation of the Raja and the Minister, Completed with Benediction. (53)(1004)
Dohira
The minister had narrated the fifty-third tale.
Now, as the poet Ram says, a series of other tales begin.(1)
Then the Minister expounded, ‘Listen to the tale, my Master.’
Now I narrate the Chritar of a woman.(2)
Chaupaee
(One) Chambha Jat lived with us.
Chanbha Jat used to live here; he was known to the world as a Jat (peasant),
A person named Kandhal lived with his wife,
A man called Kandhal used to pursue his wife but he could never check her.(3)
Dohira
He had only one eye and, due to this, his face looked ugly.
Baal Mati always addressed him jovially and called him as her Master.(4)
Chaupaee
At night, Kandhal would come there
At night Kandhal would come and they would indulge in sex-play.
When (husband) woke up and moved some feet
If the husband awoke, she would place her hand on his eyes.(5)
By holding his hand, he thought it was a fool's night ('Rajni').
With hand on his eyes, that idiot would keep sleeping thinking, still it was night time.
One day (he saw the woman's) friend going
One day when he saw the lover leaving, the one-eye blind flew into a rage.(6)
Dohira