Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 42 — not at another's door
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid prays: O Master, do not make me sit at someone else's door, asking for help.
If that is how You would keep me, I would rather You took the breath from my body.
Leaning on the One alone is better than waiting at another person's door.
Baar paraa-i-ai baisnaa: sitting at a stranger's door, waiting for whatever they might give. Mujhai na deh: do not give me this, O Master. Farid wants to depend on the One, and no one else.
Jay too ayvai rakhsee: if this is how You would keep me. Jee-o sareerahu layhi: then take the life from my body. This is a cry of longing to rest on the One alone, not a wish to stop living. If you ever do feel so sad that you wish you weren't here, tell a grown-up you trust right away. That is always the right thing to do.
Where do you most want to feel like you fully belong?
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