Verse 322 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 21 — hope hung on others aches at night
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਰਾਤੀ ਵਡੀਆਂ ਧੁਖਿ ਧੁਖਿ ਉਠਨਿ ਪਾਸ ॥
fareedaa raatee vadee-aaN Dhukh Dhukh uthan paas.
Fareed, the nights are long, and my sides are aching in pain.
ਧਿਗੁ ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ਦਾ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਿਨਾ ਵਿਡਾਣੀ ਆਸ ॥੨੧॥
Dhig tinHaa daa jeevi-aa jinaa vidaanee aas. ||21||
Cursed are the lives of those who place their hopes in others. ||21||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: the nights are long, and my sides ache and ache; I cannot rest.
Sad is the life of those who hang their hopes on others.
Hope hung on others keeps you up at night; hope in the One lets you rest.
Hope hung on other people's favor keeps a person tossing and aching through the long night.
Raatee vadee-aa: the nights are long. Dhukh dhukh uthan paas: the sides ache and smolder, and sleep will not come.
Dhig: sorry is the life of those jinaa vidaanee aas, whose hope rests on others. Farid's saloks keep turning the heart toward one support, the One, the only hope that does not let go.
A Question to Sit With
Who or what do you lean on when you feel worried?
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