FEBRUARY 19 2008

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bolY syK PrIdu ipAwry Alh lgy ] iehu qnu hosI Kwk inmwxI gor Gry ]1] Awju imlwvw syK PrId twikm kUMjVIAw mnhu micMdVIAw ]1] rhwau ] jy jwxw mir jweIAY Guim n AweIAY ] JUTI dunIAw lig n Awpu v\weIAY ]2] bolIAY scu Drmu JUTu n bolIAY ] jo guru dsY vwt murIdw jolIAY ]3] CYl lµGMdy pwir gorI mnu DIirAw ] kMcn vMny pwsy klviq cIirAw ]4] syK hYXwqI jig n koeI iQru rihAw ] ijsu Awsix hm bYTy kyqy bYis gieAw ]5] kiqk kUMjW cyiq fau swvix ibjulIAW ] sIAwly sohMdIAW ipr gil bwhVIAW ]6] cly clxhwr ivcwrw lyie mno ] gMFyidAW iCA mwh quVMidAw ihku iKno ]7] ijmI puCY Asmwn PrIdw Kyvt ikMin gey ] jwlx gorW nwil aulwmy jIA shy ]8]2]

mMglvwr, 8 P`gx (sMmq 539 nwnkSwhI)

(AMg: 488)

EnglishTranslation :

AASAA:

Says Shaykh Fareed, O my dear friend, attach yourself to the Lord. This body shall turn to dust, and its home shall be a neglected graveyard. 1 You can meet the Lord today, O Shaykh Fareed, if you restrain your bird-like desires which keep your mind in turmoil. 1 Pause If I had known that I was to die, and not return again, I would not have ruined myself by clinging to the world of falsehood. 2 So speak the Truth, in righteousness, and do not speak falsehood. The disciple ought to travel the route, pointed out by the Guru. 3 Seeing the youths being carried across, the hearts of the beautiful young soul-brides are encouraged. Those who side with the glitter of gold, are cut down with a saw. 4 O Shaykh, no ones life is permanent in this world. That seat, upon which we now sit  many others sat on it and have since departed. 5 As the swallows appear in the month of Katik, forest fires in the month of Chayt, and lightning in Saawan, and as the brides arms adorn her husbands neck in winter; 6 Just so, the transitory human bodies pass away. Reflect upon this in your mind. It takes six months to form the body, but it breaks in an instant. 7 O Fareed, the earth asks the sky, Where have the boatmen gone? Some have been cremated, and some lie in their graves; their souls are suffering rebukes. 82

Tuesday, 8th Phalgun (Samvat 539 Nanakshahi)

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