Verse 358 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 57 — mansions will be no friend
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕੋਠੇ ਮੰਡਪ ਮਾੜੀਆ ਏਤੁ ਨ ਲਾਏ ਚਿਤੁ ॥
fareedaa kothay mandap maarhee-aa ayt na laa-ay chit.
Fareed, houses, mansions and balconies - do not attach your consciousness to these.
ਮਿਟੀ ਪਈ ਅਤੋਲਵੀ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਹੋਸੀ ਮਿਤੁ ॥੫੭॥
mitee pa-ee atolavee ko-ay na hosee mit. ||57||
When these collapse into heaps of dust, none of them will be your friend. ||57||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: houses, halls and balconies — do not set your heart on these.
When they fall into great heaps of dust, not one of them will be your friend.
Mansions turn to dust and cannot be your friend.
Houses and halls turn to dust, and none of them can stand by you as a friend.
Kothay mandap maarhee-aa: houses, halls and balconies. Ayt na laa-ay chit: do not tie your heart to these.
Mitee pa-ee atolavee: when they lie in heaps of dust too big to weigh. Ko-ay na hosee mit: not one of them will be your friend. Farid often comes back to this picture of fine buildings and the people who trusted them.
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