Verse 362 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 61 — dressed like a holy man, full of faults
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕਾਲੇ ਮੈਡੇ ਕਪੜੇ ਕਾਲਾ ਮੈਡਾ ਵੇਸੁ ॥
fareedaa kaalay maiday kaprhay kaalaa maidaa vays.
Fareed, my clothes are black, and my outfit is black.
ਗੁਨਹੀ ਭਰਿਆ ਮੈ ਫਿਰਾ ਲੋਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਦਰਵੇਸੁ ॥੬੧॥
gunhee bhari-aa mai firaa lok kahai darvays. ||61||
I wander around full of sins, and yet people call me a dervish - a holy man. ||61||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: my clothes are black, and everything I wear is black, like a holy man's robe.
I wander around loaded with wrongs, and still people call me a dervish, a holy man.
Holy-looking clothes do not make a holy heart.
Holy-looking clothes do not make a holy heart.
Some Sufi seekers in Farid's time wore dark robes. Farid looks at himself plainly: kaalay maiday kaprhay, my clothes are black, and people see a darvays, a holy man. Inside, he says, he is gunhee bhari-aa, full of faults.
This is a humble person being honest, not someone sinking in shame. Seeing the gap between how we look and who we are is where growing begins.
A Question to Sit With
Can you be honest about still growing without being hard on yourself?
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