ਕਾਂ ਕੋ ਤਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਪਤਿ ਕਾਂ ਕੀ ਕਾ ਸਿਉ ਨੇਹੁ ਲਗਾਹੀ ॥
kaaN ko tan Dhan sampat kaaN kee kaa si-o nayhu lagaahee.
Who has a body? Who has wealth and property? With whom should we fall in love?
ਜੋ ਦੀਸੈ ਸੋ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਨਾਸੈ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਦਰ ਕੀ ਛਾਹੀ ॥੧॥
jo deesai so sagal binaasai ji-o baadar kee chhaahee. ||1||
Whatever is seen, shall all disappear, like the shade of a passing cloud. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whose body is this? Whose wealth, whose things? What should you fasten your heart to?
Everything you can see will pass away — like the shadow of a cloud sliding across the ground, here one moment and gone the next.
What you can see is passing; choose carefully what your heart holds.
Jio baadar kee chhaahee — like the shadow of a passing cloud. Everything visible slides by. So what, if anything, is worth fastening the heart to?
A Question to Sit With
If most things pass away like a cloud's shadow, what would you want your heart to hold onto?
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