Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 90 — even now the One has not come
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: my body has dried up into a skeleton, and crows are pecking at my palms.
Even now the One has not come to me. See what a person's lot is like!
A body can wear down to bone in the waiting, and still the One has not come.
Tan sukaa pinjar thee-aa: the body has dried into a frame of bones, and crows peck at it. It is a hard picture of someone at the very end, or of a seeker who has worn the body down with hardships.
Ajai so rab na baahurhi-o: even now the Lord has not come. Some teachers hear in this that wearing the body out does not bring the One near; the next two saloks turn to the eyes and the heart that still long for the Beloved.
When waiting feels long, who can you talk to about it?
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