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Salok Sheikh Farid, Salok 124 — grace can lift anyone
ਕਿਆ ਹੰਸੁ ਕਿਆ ਬਗੁਲਾ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਧਰੇ ॥
ki-aa hans ki-aa bagulaa jaa ka-o nadar Dharay.
Who is a swan, and who is a crane, if God blesses him with His Glance of Grace?
ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਕਾਗਹੁ ਹੰਸੁ ਕਰੇ ॥੧੨੪॥
jay tis bhaavai naankaa kaagahu hans karay. ||124||
If it pleases Him, O Nanak, He changes a crow into a swan. ||124||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Who is a swan, and who is a crane, once the One looks on them with grace?
Nanak says: if it pleases the One, the One turns a crow into a swan.
With the One's glance of grace, a crow becomes a swan.
Under the One's kind glance, a crane or even a crow can become a swan.
Ki-aa hans ki-aa bagulaa: what does it matter, swan or crane? Jaa ka-o nadar Dharay: when the One turns a glance of grace on someone. Nadar is the One's loving look.
Kaagahu hans karay: the One makes a swan out of a crow. This salok answers the two before it about cranes and swans, and carries the name Nanak. Grace is a gift that can change anyone.
A Question to Sit With
Who have you seen change for the better in a way no one expected?
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