Verse 356 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 55 — gray hair, and still chasing pleasures
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਸਿਰੁ ਪਲਿਆ ਦਾੜੀ ਪਲੀ ਮੁਛਾਂ ਭੀ ਪਲੀਆਂ ॥
fareedaa sir pali-aa daarhee palee muchhaaN bhee palee-aaN.
Fareed, your hair has turned grey, your beard has turned grey, and your moustache has turned grey.
ਰੇ ਮਨ ਗਹਿਲੇ ਬਾਵਲੇ ਮਾਣਹਿ ਕਿਆ ਰਲੀਆਂ ॥੫੫॥
ray man gahilay baavlay maaneh ki-aa ralee-aaN. ||55||
O my thoughtless and insane mind, why are you indulging in pleasures? ||55||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: your hair has turned gray, your beard has turned gray, and your mustache has turned gray too.
O my careless, foolish mind, why are you still busy chasing pleasures?
When the hair turns gray, it is time to stop chasing pleasures.
Gray hair is a call to stop chasing pleasures and turn to what matters.
Sir pali-aa daarhee palee: the hair of the head is gray, the beard is gray. Farid looks in the mirror and sees time written there.
Ray man gahilay baavlay: O careless, foolish mind. Farid speaks sharply to his own mind, the way a person might scold themselves. Maaneh ki-aa ralee-aa(n): why are you still playing and having fun as if time would never run out?
A Question to Sit With
If your days are precious, what deserves more of them?
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