Verse 342 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 41 — Farid has grown old
ਬੁਢਾ ਹੋਆ ਸੇਖ ਫਰੀਦੁ ਕੰਬਣਿ ਲਗੀ ਦੇਹ ॥
budhaa ho-aa saykh fareed kamban lagee dayh.
Shaykh Fareed has grown old, and his body has begun to tremble.
ਜੇ ਸਉ ਵਰ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆ ਜੀਵਣਾ ਭੀ ਤਨੁ ਹੋਸੀ ਖੇਹ ॥੪੧॥
jay sa-o vareh-aa jeevnaa bhee tan hosee khayh. ||41||
Even if he could live for hundreds of years, his body will eventually turn to dust. ||41||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: I, Sheikh Farid, have grown old, and my body has begun to shake.
Even if I could live for a hundred years, in the end my body would still turn to dust.
However long we live, the body returns to the dust.
However long a life lasts, the body returns to the dust in the end.
Budhaa ho-aa saykh fareed: Sheikh Farid has grown old. Kamban lagee dayh: the body has started to tremble. Farid looks at his own aging honestly, without hiding it.
Jay sa-o vareh-aa jeevnaa: even if one lived a hundred years. Bhee tan hosee khayh: the body would still become dust. Seeing this clearly turns the heart toward what does not turn to dust.
A Question to Sit With
What is something about a person that lasts even after everything else changes?
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