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Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 11 — the harvest ripens
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਅਖੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਪਤੀਣੀਆਂ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਰੀਣੇ ਕੰਨ ॥
fareedaa akhee daykh pateenee-aaN sun sun reenay kann.
Fareed, my eyes have become weak, and my ears have become hard of hearing.
ਸਾਖ ਪਕੰਦੀ ਆਈਆ ਹੋਰ ਕਰੇਂਦੀ ਵੰਨ ॥੧੧॥
saakh pakandee aa-ee-aa hor karayNdee vann. ||11||
The body's crop has become ripe and turned color. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: my eyes have grown weak from seeing, and my ears hard of hearing from listening.
The body's crop has ripened and turned color.
The body ripens like a crop; harvest time comes to all.
The body ripens like a crop and changes color, the way every harvest does.
Akhee daykh pateenee-aa: the eyes are tired from seeing. Sun sun reenay kann: the ears are worn thin from listening. Saakh pakandee aa-ee-aa: the crop has come to ripeness. A ripe crop is ready to be cut; Farid sees his own harvest time coming.
A Question to Sit With
What do the oldest people you know have that young people do not?
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