Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 97 — empty mansions
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: the grand houses stand empty; the people who lived in them have gone to live under the ground.
They stay there, in plain, unhonored graves.
O Sheikh, give yourself to the One; you will have to leave too, today or tomorrow.
Grand houses are left empty when their owners go, so give yourself to the One now.
Mahal nisakhan reh ga-ay: the mansions are left empty. Their owners now vaasaa aa-i-aa tal, live below the ground, in simple graves with no honor.
Aakheen saykhaa bandagee: O Sheikh, Farid's name for himself and for any seeker, give yourself to worship. Chalan aj kay kal: the leaving comes today or tomorrow. The picture is hard, and it is there to wake a person up, not to frighten.
Is there something good you have been putting off that you could do today?
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