Verse 382 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 81 — the same fire in every home
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਮੈ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਦੁਖੁ ਮੁਝ ਕੂ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਬਾਇਐ ਜਗਿ ॥
fareedaa mai jaani-aa dukh mujh koo dukh sabaa-i-ai jag.
Fareed, I thought that I was in trouble; the whole world is in trouble!
ਊਚੇ ਚੜਿ ਕੈ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਤਾਂ ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਏਹਾ ਅਗਿ ॥੮੧॥
oochay charh kai daykhi-aa taaN ghar ghar ayhaa ag. ||81||
When I climbed the hill and looked around, I saw this fire in each and every home. ||81||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: I thought the trouble was mine alone, but the whole world is in trouble.
When I climbed up high and looked around, I saw this same fire in every home.
Every home has its own fire of trouble.
Everyone is carrying some trouble, even when you cannot see it.
Mai jaani-aa dukh mujh koo: I thought the pain was only mine. Then Farid climbed up high and looked around. Ghar ghar ayhaa ag: in every home, the same fire.
Think of looking down from a plane at night at all the little lit windows. Behind each one, someone is dealing with something. Knowing that can make a person less lonely in their own trouble, and gentler with everyone else.
A Question to Sit With
Who around you might be carrying something you cannot see?
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