Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even a body dressed up and perfumed with sweet sandalwood, cared for like something precious, will one day return to the earth it came from. The dressing-up is fine — but it was never the real treasure.
Cho-aa chandan dayh fooli-aa — the body anointed with musk and sandalwood, "blossoming" with care. So tan dhar sang rooli-aa returns it to the dust. This is classic memento mori — a gentle remembering that the body is temporary — offered not to frighten but to redirect love from the wrapping to what lasts. The project keeps such lines calm and matter-of-fact, never gruesome.
What is something about you that is not your body — that would still be you no matter what?
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