THE ADVENTURES OF HIR AND RANJHA
Recounted in Panjabi by Waris Shah
And translated into English by
Charles Frederick Usborne, 1874 - 1919
Ranjha quarrels with his brothers and their wives and
leaves his home in Takht Hazara..............................................1
Ranjha reaches the mosque........................................................3
Ranjha reaches the bank of the Chenab ...................................4
Hir and her companions come to the ferry .............................6
The meeting of Ranjha and Hir.................................................7
Ranjha becomes Chuchak’s cowherd.......................................8
Ranjha meets the Five Pirs in the forest...................................9
Hir and Ranjha meet in the forest...........................................10
Hir’s mother is angry with her and Kaidu finds her in the
forest with Ranjha .....................................................................12
Scandal spreads in the village and Chuchak dismisses
Ranjha and then recalls him ....................................................14
The Qazi admonishes Hir but she refuses to give up Ranjha
...15
Ranjha has audience of the Five Pirs and  Mithi discourses
on love.........................................................................................17
Hir thrashes Kaidu and Kaidu complains to the village
elders...........................................................................................19
Chuchak finds Ranjha and Hir in the forest ......................... 20
Chuchak proposes to get Hir married................................... 22
Hir is married to Saida against her will ................................ 23
Hir is taken to Rangpur ........................................................... 26
Hir is unhappy in her new home ........................................... 27
Hir  sends a message to Ranjha .............................................. 29
Ranjha decides to become a Jogi ............................................ 30
Ranjha leaves Tilla for Rangpur disguised as a Jogi ........... 33
Ranjha arrives at Rangpur....................................................... 34
Ranjha meets Hir ...................................................................... 39
Sehti quarrels with the Jogi and turns him out of the house41
Ranjha retires to Kalabagh ...................................................... 43
Sehti and Hir make friends ..................................................... 44
Sehti takes Ranjha’s message to Hir and Hir  meets Ranjha in
the garden .................................................................................. 45
Sehti and Hir plan a stratagem............................................... 47
Ranjha is called in to cure Hir’s snake bite ........................... 49
The discovery of Hir’s escape with Ranjha........................... 50
Ranjha and Hir before the Raja............................................... 51
The poisoning of Hir and the death of Ranjha ..................... 53