Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 53 — look for treasure where it lives
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: search out that pool where the true treasure is found.
Why go searching in a muddy pond? Your hand only sinks into the mud.
The treasure is found only in the pool that holds it; searching a muddy pond only muddies the hand.
So-ee sarvar dhoodh lahu: seek out that pool. Jithahu labhee vath: where the thing you need is found. The pool stands for the place of Truth, the Naam, where the heart finds what it is looking for.
Chhaparh dhoodhai ki-aa hovai: what good is searching a puddle? Chikarh dubai hath: the hand just sinks in mud. Passing pleasures are like that pond: shallow, and full of mud.
Where does your heart go looking, and does it find what lasts?
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