Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 100 — only good deeds go along
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This heavy body, three and a half maunds in weight, keeps going on water and grain.
A person comes into the world full of high hopes.
But when the angel of death comes, he breaks through every door.
He ties the person up and takes them, right in front of their dear brothers.
Look — the person is leaving, carried on the shoulders of four men.
Farid says: only the good deeds done in the world will be of use in the One's court.
Only the good we do in this world goes with us when we leave it.
Saadhay tarai man dayhuree: a body of three and a half maunds, an old measure of weight, a big, heavy body kept going by water and grain. The person arrives vat aasoonee, full of plans.
Then malkal ma-ut, the angel of death, comes, and no door can keep him out. In front of loving family, the person is taken, and the body is carried away on four shoulders, as at a funeral. The picture is hard and kept gently. Its point is the last line: amal je keetay dunee vich, the good deeds done in the world, are what help in the One's court.
What kind of good would you like to be remembered for?
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