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Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 10 — someone to tell your sorrow
ਦੇਖੁ ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜਿ ਥੀਆ ਸਕਰ ਹੋਈ ਵਿਸੁ ॥
daykh fareedaa je thee-aa sakar ho-ee vis.
See, Fareed, what has happened: sugar has become poison.
ਸਾਂਈ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਆਪਣੇ ਵੇਦਣ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਿਸੁ ॥੧੦॥
saaN-ee baajhahu aapnay vaydan kahee-ai kis. ||10||
Without my Lord, who can I tell of my sorrow? ||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: see what has happened — the sugar has turned to poison.
Without my Lord, who can I tell my sorrow to?
When sweetness turns bitter, tell your sorrow to the One.
When sweet things turn bitter, the One is the one to tell your sorrow to.
Sakar ho-ee vis: sugar has become poison, the world's sweet things turning bitter as life goes on. Vaydan kahee-ai kis: to whom shall I tell my pain? The answer sits inside the question: only the Lord.
A Question to Sit With
Who do you tell when something hurts?
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