‘You assume the name of Heer and devour the food at the household of Turks (Muslims).’(13)
Dohira
Then the damsel, shaking, fell upon the feet of Munni and requested,
‘Tell me some resolve so that I can escape this agony.’(14)
Chaupaee
(Reply) ‘When god Indra will go to themundane world, he will call himself Ranjha.
‘He will intensively fall in love with you and will bring you back to Amrawati (domain of emancipation).(15)
Dohira
She took birth in the household of a Jat.
She appeared in the house of Choochak and called herself as Heer.(16)
Chaupaee
The time passed and the years went by,
The childhood was abandoned and the drums of the yoUth began to play.(l7)
When Ranjha would come back after grazing the cattle, Heer would go crazy,
She depicted intense love towards him and showered many affections.(18)
Dohira
Eating, drinking, sitting, standing, sleeping and awake,
All the time she would not keep him out of her mind.(19)
Heer Talk
‘If he goes out, I go out too.
‘If he stays at home I feel I am sitting with him.
‘He has snatched my sleep away and in the sleep he does not let me
Alone. ‘Day in and day out, Ranjha does not let me be in serenity.’(20)
Chaupaee
She would recite ‘Ranjhan, Ranjhan’ all the time,
Her love was so much intensified that she lost all her appetite.(22)
She merged into Ranjha like a drop of water into the water itself.
She became an epitome of deer who becomes a slave without being tied up.(23)
Dohira
She became a piece of wood, which falls into the fire,
And remains as wood for a few moments only and then becomes the fire itself. (24)