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It was the month of May and glorious rose	A
The sun on Jinji bathing in his light	B
Her lofty hills her ancient walls and towers	C
Her battlements and all the glittering scene	D
That bade the stranger tell here lives a prince	E
And greeting late as if too long he slept	F
Upon his ocean bed the eager crowd	G
That in their best attire at early dawn	H
Fast gathered from their hamlets far and wide	I
And like a hive swarmed on the castled hills	J
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Perhaps some village poet waited there	K
Who day and night toiled hard in metres rare	K
To sing the deeds and virtues of his prince	E
And trace them on the leaves of that lone palm	L
Which stood close by his humble cottage home	M
Perhaps with faces that bespoke deep grief	N
A troop of farmers there had come to tell	O
To their sport loving prince the havoc wrought	P
Upon their toiling cattle by wild beasts	Q
That nightly from their hill abodes came down	R
To feast on them And in that motley crowd	G
Were servants of the state and many more	S
Who long had waited merely for a glimpse	T
Of their just ruler D sing holding court	U
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But soon there echoed through the lofty hills	J
The sound of th' Indian bugle and the drum	V
Proclaiming the arrival of the prince	E
And often as the new flood rushing down	R
With the still waters of a sleeping stream	W
Leaves nought behind and all is vacancy	X
Or as the dim light of a shallow lamp	Y
Suddenly blazes forth and soon is quenched	U
So louder rose the clamour of the crowd	U
At the sound of the bugle and the drum	V
Then straightway in deep silence died away	Z
And perfect stillness reigned everywhere	K
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Upon his gorgeous throne sat Jinji's prince	E
With servants fanning him on either side	U
And in a place of honour sate in that	U
Capacious hall his holy Brahmin priest	U
The master of his well trained army there	K
The chief and trusted min'ster of the state	U
The aged poet that his praises sang	A2
The sage that versed in all the starry lore	S
His royal master's fortunes daily told	U
The painter that adorned those ancient walls	B2
And countless other servants of the prince	E
There gathered each in his accustomed seat	U
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Then from the gate approached a trusty page	C2
And said with folded hands and trembling lips	D2
O royal master at the gate there waits	E2
A man of noble mien from the far north	F2
Requesting audience on affairs of state	U
Conduct him to our presence said the prince	E
The stranger came upon the floor he knelt	U
And said Thou mighty prince of these fair lands	G2
I come from Arcot and the Nabob sent	U
His humble servant to demand of thee	X
Thy dues which these five years thou hast not paid	U
Know then if these are not now duly paid	U
From thee he will these broad dominions wrest	U
And give them those who will his rule obey	Z
The angry prince made answer Go and tell	O
Your master that his vain threats move us not	U
Say we will gladly meet him on the field	U
So saying from his royal seat he rose	A
And to his palace instantly withdrew	H2
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As when a stone dropped in the middle of	I2
A placid pool its slumb'ring waters wakes	J2
And the calm surface is all ruffled seen	D
Or at the merest touch of ruthless man	K2
Bent on the honeyed treasures of the hive	L2
Those myriad ones leave murm'ring to the foe	M2
Their hoarded wealth to which they fondly clung	N2
So scattered to their distant native homes	O2
The bustling crowd that met on Jinji's hills	J
When he of Arcot came to mar their joys	P2
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And days and months rolled on until one day	Z
To D sing came his loyal spy and said	U
My noble ruler on the other side	U
Of the fair stream that runs through yonder plain	Q2
There waits our foe of Arcot with his men	R2
Prepare to go and meet him on the field	U
'Twas even time the warrior prince soon wrote	U
To Mamood Khan the master of his troops	S2
To hasten to his country's duty first	U
What though it was that soldier's bridal hour	T2
When he received his royal master's call	U2
My country's welfare first then my fair spouse	V2
He said and leapt upon his faithful steed	U
And stood ere morn had streaked the eastern sky	W2
Before his lord his bidding to obey	Z
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The prince rose early on that fated day	Z
And to the temple of his God repaired	U
There to invoke His blessing on the field	U
Then to the palace hastened he to meet	U
Ere he went forth to fight his youthful wife	X2
Who day by day in beauty grew amidst	U
A score of maidens like the waxing moon	Y2
And with a screen of silk between they met	U
As one lured by the fragrance of the rose	A
Stoops down gently to lift the truant stalk	Z2
That to the other side of the thick hedge	A3
Shoots out alone from its own parent stem	B3
So fondly down stooped Jinji's noble prince	E
To kiss the jewelled arm of his fair spouse	V2
Which through the screen she offered to her lord	U
Prince D sing was the first who silence broke	C3
My dear wife on the day when we were wed	U
These eyes of mine had not e'en this arm seen	D
Although on the same bridal seat we sat	U
The screen which by the custom of our race	D3
Was drawn by cruel hands hid thee from view	H2
So wondrous fair this arm looks that methinks	D3
Rare beauties must be seated on thy face	D3
My foe hath come fear not I go to fight	U
And come with honours loaded from the field	U
A victor to rejoice with thee to night	U
At the propitious hour which by the aid	U
Of all his starry lore our Brahmin sage	C2
Hath for our nuptials named to gaze and scan	K2
In silent joy what charms what beauties rare	K
The hand divine has showered upon thy face	D3
And to recount to thee when with thine own	E3
My arm in friendship plays what blood it shed	U
What havoc in the Moslem camp it wrought	U
So let me now depart To which the Queen	D
I was the only daughter of my sire	T2
And cradled in his sinewy arms I grew	H2
And when upon his warrior breast I laid	U
My head to sleep my mother by his side	U
Lulled me with songs of how in days gone by	W2
The martial women of our noble race	D3
Went with their husbands by their side to fight	U
And one so nursed fears not the Moslem foe	M2
But now alas some evil it forebodes	D3
That thou shouldst on this day go forth to fight	U
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And as she spoke tears trickled down his eyes	D3
And one a pearly drop stole to her palm	L
She felt it instantly her hand withdrew	H2
And then began to speak in words like these	D3
It is not meet that Jinji's valiant prince	D3
Should like a child at this last hour shed tears	D3
And fear to meet his foe fear not my lord	U
To meet him like a soldier on the field	U
If thou a victor comest from the fight	U
We shall in joy spend our first nuptial night	U
But if thou comest routed from the field	U
I never more will see thy timid face	D3
Or think that thou art born of Kshatriya race	D3
And if thou fallest bravely fighting then	R2
Remember Prince thou hast in me a wife	X2
Who will not let thee pass from earth alone	E3
Go forth and like a warrior meet the foe	M2
But fear not Runga will be on our side	U
So ere thou goest kiss this hand of mine	F3
Which from thine eyes that precious tear has sought	U
So saying this brave Rajput girl once more	S
To D sing offered through the screen her hand	U
He lifted it and reverently kissed	U
Then sallied forth resolved to win or die	W2
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Fierce raged the battle but the hapless prince	D3
Was weak to meet his foeman's myriad host	U
And Mamood Khan fell bravely lighting there	K
And with him many of his valiant men	R2
The faithful steed that through all perils bore	S
The prince was slain and soon he fought on foot	U
But ere the foe could capture him alive	L2
He hurled his heavy dagger bared his breast	U
And instantly a lifeless corpse he fell	O
A few brave soldiers bore him from the field	U
They hastened to the castle and before	S
The widowed Queen their precious burden laid	U
She nothing daunted orders gave at once	D3
That her attendants should prepare the pyre	T2
And then to her assembled men thus spake	G3
My faithful men and my brave soldiers you	H2
Who with my lord fought nobly on the field	U
I see you all weep at our hapless fate	U
'Tis God has willed we thus should end our lives	D3
But a worse fate shall surely soon befall	U2
Our cruel foe howe'er exulting now	H3
Weep not there soon shall dawn another day	Z
When from the farthest end of this vast globe	I3
A race for valour and for virtue famed	U
Shall wrest his kingdom from his ruthless hands	D3
And everywhere your sons and your sons' sons	D3
Shall lasting peace and happiness enjoy	J3
Be witness to the curse pronounced by me	X
A widowed maiden at the hour of death	K3
Thou setting Sun and thou O rising Moon	Y2
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Then as a bride in all her glory decked	U
Approaches with a gladdened heart t' embrace	D3
Th' expectant bridegroom on the nuptial bed	U
E'en so ascended this fair Queen the pyre	T2
And there embracing lay by her dear lord	U
The fire was lighted and the pyre was closed	U
And speedily to ashes were reduced	U
The lifeless husband and the living wife	X2
The Moslem came heard of the death she died	U
Amid the flames repented of his deed	U
And it is said he built a lordly town	R
In honour of the Queen who counted it	U
A sin her noble husband to survive	L2
And in a moment flung her life away	Z
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