ਜੈਸੇ ਬਸਤਰ ਦੇਹ ਓਢਾਨੇ ਦਿਨ ਦੋਇ ਚਾਰਿ ਭੋਰਾਹਾ ॥
jaisay bastar dayh odhaanay din do-ay chaar bhoraahaa.
It is like the clothes which you wear on your body - they wear off in a few days.
ਭੀਤਿ ਊਪਰੇ ਕੇਤਕੁ ਧਾਈਐ ਅੰਤਿ ਓਰਕੋ ਆਹਾ ॥੨॥
bheet oopray kaytak Dhaa-ee-ai ant orko aahaa. ||2||
How long can you run upon a wall? Ultimately, you come to its end. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is like the clothes you wear — they wear out in a few days.
How long can you run upon a wall? In the end, you come to its edge.
Life is like running along a wall — run as far as you like, you'll reach its edge.
Two images of limits: the body and its goods are like clothes that "wear off," and life is like "running upon a wall" — you can run only so far before "you come to its end." Every path on the wall of mortal life reaches its edge.
A Question to Sit With
If you knew you'd soon reach the wall's edge, how would you run?
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