Verse 403 of 450
Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 102 — the leaves are falling
ਫਰੀਦਾ ਰੁਤਿ ਫਿਰੀ ਵਣੁ ਕੰਬਿਆ ਪਤ ਝੜੇ ਝੜਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
fareedaa rut firee van kambi-aa pat jharhay jharh paahi.
Fareed, the seasons change, the woods shake and the leaves drop from the trees.
ਚਾਰੇ ਕੁੰਡਾ ਢੂੰਢੀਆਂ ਰਹਣੁ ਕਿਥਾਊ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧੦੨॥
chaaray kundaa dhooNdhee-aaN rahan kithaa-oo naahi. ||102||
I have searched in the four directions, but I have not found any resting place anywhere. ||102||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: the season has turned, the woods are shaking, and the leaves are falling from the trees.
I have searched in all four directions, but I have found no resting place anywhere.
Like leaves in autumn, nothing in the world stays forever.
Everything in the world changes like the seasons, and nothing here is a place to stay forever.
Rut firee van kambi-aa: the season turns and the forest trembles. Pat jharhay: the leaves fall. Every autumn shows how what is green today drops tomorrow.
Chaaray kundaa: in all four directions, Farid looked for a place to stay, and rahan kithaa-oo naahi, there is none. The world is a place to pass through, not a home that lasts.
A Question to Sit With
What changes have you noticed in the seasons this year?
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