ਚੌਪਈ ॥

chauapee |

Chaupaee

ਤਬ ਕਾਜੀ ਜਿਯ ਨ︀ਯਾਇ ਬਿਚਾਰਿਯੋ ॥

tab kaajee jiy nayaae bichaariyo |

ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਸਭਾ ਮੈ ਦੁਹੂੰ ਉਚਾਰਿਯੋ ॥

pragatt sabhaa mai duhoon uchaariyo |

Then the Quazi pondered over and addressed both in the gathering.

ਜੋ ਮੁਹਰਨ ਕੇ ਸਨਹਿ ਬਤਾਵੈ ॥

jo muharan ke saneh bataavai |

ਸੋ ਸਭ ਆਜੁ ਅਸਰਫੀ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੨੩॥

so sabh aaj asarafee paavai |23|

‘The person who tells the date of minting will take over the coins.’(23)

ਸਨ ਮੁਹਰਨ ਕੋ ਬਨਿਕ ਨ ਜਾਨੋ ॥

san muharan ko banik na jaano |

ਮੂੰਦਿ ਰਹਾ ਮੁਖ ਕਛੁ ਨ ਬਖਾਨੋ ॥

moond rahaa mukh kachh na bakhaano |

As the Shah did not know the date of min ting, he closed his eye and kept his mouth shut.

ਰੋਇ ਪੀਟ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਤ ਪੁਕਾਰਾ ॥

roe peett kar karat pukaaraa |

As the Shah did not know the date of min ting, he closed his eye and kept his mouth shut.

ਹਾਹਾ ਕਿਯਸਿ ਕਹਾ ਕਰਤਾਰਾ ॥੨੪॥

haahaa kiyas kahaa karataaraa |24|

Then he cried incessantly and complained ‘Oh God why have you done this to me?’(24)