ਮਃ ੩ ॥
mehlaa 3.
Third Mehl:
ਕਾਜਲ ਫੂਲ ਤੰਬੋਲ ਰਸੁ ਲੇ ਧਨ ਕੀਆ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
kaajal fool tambol ras lay Dhan kee-aa seegaar.
The wife takes flowers, and fragrance of betel, and decorates herself.
ਸੇਜੈ ਕੰਤੁ ਨ ਆਇਓ ਏਵੈ ਭਇਆ ਵਿਕਾਰੁ ॥੨॥
sayjai kant na aa-i-o ayvai bha-i-aa vikaar. ||2||
But her Husband Lord does not come to her bed, and so these efforts are useless. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The soul-bride takes eye-liner, flowers and sweet-smelling betel, and dresses herself up.
But her Beloved does not come to her, and so all that effort is wasted.
Dressing up without closeness to the Beloved is wasted effort.
Outward preparation (kaajal, fool, tambol: eye-liner, flowers, betel) without closeness to the Beloved (kant na aa-i-o) is vikaar, wasted. What is inside counts more than the show. The bride is every soul, and the Beloved is the One.
A Question to Sit With
When has getting everything to look right mattered less than you thought?
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