ਲਾਲਚ ਲਾਗੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਭਰਮ ਭੁਲਾਹਿਗਾ ॥
laalach laagay janam gavaa-i-aa maa-i-aa bharam bhulaahigaa.
Clinging to greed, you have wasted your life, deluded in the doubt of Maya.
ਧਨ ਜੋਬਨ ਕਾ ਗਰਬੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ਕਾਗਦ ਜਿਉ ਗਲਿ ਜਾਹਿਗਾ ॥੧॥
Dhan joban kaa garab na keejai kaagad ji-o gal jaahigaa. ||1||
Do not take pride in your wealth and youth; you shall crumble apart like dry paper. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Stuck on greed, you have wasted your life, fooled by the doubt of Maya.
Do not be proud of your money or your youth; you will crumble like dry paper.
Don't lean your whole heart on things that blow away like paper.
Greed quietly swallows a life. Maa-i-aa bharam, Maya's doubt, is chasing shiny things that never last. Wealth and youth are like kaagad, dry paper that falls apart in the rain. Lean on what lasts.
A Question to Sit With
What lasting thing could you lean on instead?
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