Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 50 — a prayer mat outside, a knife inside
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: a prayer mat on your shoulder and a Sufi's wool robe on your body; sweet words in your mouth, and a knife hidden in your heart.
On the outside you look bright, but inside, your heart is as dark as night.
Holy clothes and sweet words cannot hide a heart that is dark inside.
Kann muslaa soof gal: a prayer mat over the shoulder and a wool robe around the body. These are honored garments of Muslim prayer and of the Sufis. Farid, himself a Sufi, is warning against wearing holiness like a costume, a danger in every faith.
Dil kaatee gurh vaat: a knife in the heart, molasses in the mouth. Baahar disai chaannaa: outside there seems to be light. Dil andhi-aaree raat: in the heart, a dark night.
Do your kindest words come from a kind place inside?
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