Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 107 — even when I forget, the One never forgets me
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Farid says: if you do not wake in the last part of the night, before dawn, you are like someone dead while still alive.
You may have forgotten the One, but the One has not forgotten you.
The quiet hours before dawn are for waking up to the One, and even when you forget the One, the One does not forget you.
Pichhal raat: the last part of the night, the time before sunrise that Sikhs call amrit vela, the nectar time. Sleeping through it, Farid says, is like being jeevad-rho mu-i-ohi, dead while alive: breathing, but not awake inside.
The second line turns the picture around. Jay tai rab visaari-aa ta rab na visari-ohi: if you have forgotten Rab, the One, the One has not forgotten you. Rab is a Punjabi and Arabic-rooted name for the One that Farid loves to use.
What could the first quiet minutes of your morning be for?
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