Verse 345 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 44 — plenty of flour, not even salt
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਇਕਨਾ ਆਟਾ ਅਗਲਾ ਇਕਨਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਲੋਣੁ ॥
fareedaa iknaa aataa aglaa iknaa naahee lon.
Fareed, some have lots of flour, while others do not even have salt.
ਅਗੈ ਗਏ ਸਿੰਞਾਪਸਨਿ ਚੋਟਾਂ ਖਾਸੀ ਕਉਣੁ ॥੪੪॥
agai ga-ay sinjaapsan chotaaN khaasee ka-un. ||44||
When they go beyond this world, it shall be seen, who will be punished. ||44||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: some have plenty of flour, while others do not even have salt.
When they go on beyond this world, it will be seen who takes the blows.
Plenty or little here, each life is weighed by how it was lived.
Having much or little here does not decide how a life is weighed beyond this world.
Iknaa aataa aglaa: some have flour in heaps. Iknaa naahee lon: some do not even have salt. Life shares things out very unevenly.
Agai ga-ay sinjaapsan: when they go on, they will be known for what they are. Chotaa(n) khaasee kaun: who will take the blows? That will be seen then. Farid points past riches and poverty to the way each person lived.
A Question to Sit With
How can someone with very little still be rich in the way that matters most?
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