‘He never returns to his home and is exterminated.(12)
Dohira
‘There is no way to go in,
‘You must come hidden in a cooking-vessel so that no one can observe.(13)
Chaupaee
‘Since the Rani saw you, she has abandoned eating and drinking.
‘In this devotion, she has lost her senses, and by renouncing to live, she is getting mad.(14)
‘With the bouquet of flowers upon her head, she radiates like the Sun.
‘When, smiling, she swallows the juice of beetle-nut, it glorifies her throat.(15)
Dohira
‘The Raja never undertakes any tasks without her consent.
‘Looking into her eyes, even the Cupid starts blushing.(16)
‘After having your vision, her body is drenched in sweat,
‘And she drops down on the floor as if a reptile has bitten her.’(17)
On listening to the oration of the woman, Khan was very mush excited,
(And said) ‘I will do whatever you say and will go to meet her.’(18)
Chaupaee
The fool, after heeding to all that, became very happy and got ready to proceed,
‘What ever the way you suggest, I will do and make love with the Rani.(19)
Dohira
‘With whose beauty, the Emperor is enchanted, she is enmeshed in my love,
‘I think it my greatest luck and honour.’(20)
Chaupaee
He kept the secret in his heart and did not divulge to any friend.
He spread a sheet in the cooking-vessel and, then, took his seat in there.(21)
Dohira
(And he was told again) ‘Khan, the Begum has been bewitched by your looks,
‘And sacrificing the Emperor Shah Jehan, she has sold herself to you.(22)
Chaupaee
She placed him in the cooking-vessel and took him to the palace of the Emperor.
People saw that being taken there but no one could suspect the secret.(23)
She (maid) got it replaced near the Rani, and the Rani made her wealthy.
She sent her to call her husband and revealed the secret in his ears.(24)
Dohira
After sending the maid she had called the Emperor,