ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜਿਠਾਨੀ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਦਿਰਾਨੀ ਅਚਰਜੁ ਏਕੁ ਭਇਓ ॥
sunhu jithaanee sunhu diraanee achraj ayk bha-i-o.
Listen, O my sisters-in-law, a wondrous thing has happened!
ਸਾਤ ਸੂਤ ਇਨਿ ਮੁਡੀਂਏ ਖੋਏ ਇਹੁ ਮੁਡੀਆ ਕਿਉ ਨ ਮੁਇਓ ॥੨॥
saat soot in mudeeNay kho-ay ih mudee-aa ki-o na mu-i-o. ||2||
This boy has ruined our weaving business. Why didn't he simply die? ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
"Look what has happened," the aunts say. "He has let the family business fall apart, all for this praying of his. What a waste."
To them it looks like ruin. They cannot see that he has found something worth more than all the cloth in the world.
What looks like loss from the outside can be a treasure inside.
saat soot in mudeenay kho-ay — the boy "lost the thread" of the business. The family's frustration runs hot, and the love goes on. The gap between how devotion looks from outside and what it is inside.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you value that others might not understand?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI
Use ← → to navigate