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Ang 1379 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Ask about this AngSheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਧਿਗੁ ਤਿਨੑਾ ਦਾ ਜੀਵਿਆ ਜਿਨਾ ਵਿਡਾਣੀ ਆਸ ॥੨੧॥
dhig tinaa daa jeeviaa jinaa viddaanee aas |21|
Cursed are the lives of those who place their hopes in others. ||21||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜੇ ਮੈ ਹੋਦਾ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤਾ ਆਇੜਿਆਂ ॥
fareedaa je mai hodaa vaariaa mitaa aaeirriaan |
Fareed, if I had been there when my friend came, I would have made myself a sacrifice to him.
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ਹੇੜਾ ਜਲੈ ਮਜੀਠ ਜਿਉ ਉਪਰਿ ਅੰਗਾਰਾ ॥੨੨॥
herraa jalai majeetth jiau upar angaaraa |22|
Now my flesh is burning red on the hot coals. ||22||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਲੋੜੈ ਦਾਖ ਬਿਜਉਰੀਆਂ ਕਿਕਰਿ ਬੀਜੈ ਜਟੁ ॥
fareedaa lorrai daakh bijaureean kikar beejai jatt |
Fareed, the farmer plants acacia trees, and wishes for grapes.
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ਹੰਢੈ ਉਂਨ ਕਤਾਇਦਾ ਪੈਧਾ ਲੋੜੈ ਪਟੁ ॥੨੩॥
handtai un kataaeidaa paidhaa lorrai patt |23|
He is spinning wool, but he wishes to wear silk. ||23||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਗਲੀਏ ਚਿਕੜੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਘਰੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਨੇਹੁ ॥
fareedaa galee chikarr door ghar naal piaare nehu |
Fareed, the path is muddy, and the house of my Beloved is so far away.
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ਚਲਾ ਤ ਭਿਜੈ ਕੰਬਲੀ ਰਹਾਂ ਤ ਤੁਟੈ ਨੇਹੁ ॥੨੪॥
chalaa ta bhijai kanbalee rahaan ta tuttai nehu |24|
If I go out, my blanket will get soaked, but if I remain at home, then my heart will be broken. ||24||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਭਿਜਉ ਸਿਜਉ ਕੰਬਲੀ ਅਲਹ ਵਰਸਉ ਮੇਹੁ ॥
bhijau sijau kanbalee alah varsau mehu |
My blanket is soaked, drenched with the downpour of the Lord's Rain.
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ਜਾਇ ਮਿਲਾ ਤਿਨਾ ਸਜਣਾ ਤੁਟਉ ਨਾਹੀ ਨੇਹੁ ॥੨੫॥
jaae milaa tinaa sajanaa tuttau naahee nehu |25|
I am going out to meet my Friend, so that my heart will not be broken. ||25||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਮੈ ਭੋਲਾਵਾ ਪਗ ਦਾ ਮਤੁ ਮੈਲੀ ਹੋਇ ਜਾਇ ॥
fareedaa mai bholaavaa pag daa mat mailee hoe jaae |
Fareed, I was worried that my turban might become dirty.
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ਗਹਿਲਾ ਰੂਹੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਸਿਰੁ ਭੀ ਮਿਟੀ ਖਾਇ ॥੨੬॥
gahilaa roohu na jaanee sir bhee mittee khaae |26|
My thoughtless self did not realize that one day, dust will consume my head as well. ||26||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਸਕਰ ਖੰਡੁ ਨਿਵਾਤ ਗੁੜੁ ਮਾਖਿਓੁ ਮਾਂਝਾ ਦੁਧੁ ॥
fareedaa sakar khandd nivaat gurr maakhio maanjhaa dudh |
Fareed: sugar cane, candy, sugar, molasses, honey and buffalo's milk
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ਸਭੇ ਵਸਤੂ ਮਿਠੀਆਂ ਰਬ ਨ ਪੁਜਨਿ ਤੁਧੁ ॥੨੭॥
sabhe vasatoo mittheean rab na pujan tudh |27|
- all these things are sweet, but they are not equal to You. ||27||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਰੋਟੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਾਠ ਕੀ ਲਾਵਣੁ ਮੇਰੀ ਭੁਖ ॥
fareedaa rottee meree kaatth kee laavan meree bhukh |
Fareed, my bread is made of wood, and hunger is my appetizer.
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ਜਿਨਾ ਖਾਧੀ ਚੋਪੜੀ ਘਣੇ ਸਹਨਿਗੇ ਦੁਖ ॥੨੮॥
jinaa khaadhee choparree ghane sahanige dukh |28|
Those who eat buttered bread, will suffer in terrible pain. ||28||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਰੁਖੀ ਸੁਖੀ ਖਾਇ ਕੈ ਠੰਢਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਪੀਉ ॥
rukhee sukhee khaae kai tthandtaa paanee peeo |
Eat dry bread, and drink cold water.
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ਫਰੀਦਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਪਰਾਈ ਚੋਪੜੀ ਨਾ ਤਰਸਾਏ ਜੀਉ ॥੨੯॥
fareedaa dekh paraaee choparree naa tarasaae jeeo |29|
Fareed, if you see someone else's buttered bread, do not envy him for it. ||29||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਅਜੁ ਨ ਸੁਤੀ ਕੰਤ ਸਿਉ ਅੰਗੁ ਮੁੜੇ ਮੁੜਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
aj na sutee kant siau ang murre murr jaae |
This night, I did not sleep with my Husband Lord, and now my body is suffering in pain.
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ਜਾਇ ਪੁਛਹੁ ਡੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਤੁਮ ਕਿਉ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥੩੦॥
jaae puchhahu ddohaaganee tum kiau rain vihaae |30|
Go and ask the deserted bride, how she passes her night. ||30||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਸਾਹੁਰੈ ਢੋਈ ਨਾ ਲਹੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਨਾਹੀ ਥਾਉ ॥
saahurai dtoee naa lahai peeeai naahee thaau |
She finds no place of rest in her father-in-law's home, and no place in her parents' home either.
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ਪਿਰੁ ਵਾਤੜੀ ਨ ਪੁਛਈ ਧਨ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੩੧॥
pir vaatarree na puchhee dhan sohaagan naau |31|
Her Husband Lord does not care for her; what sort of a blessed, happy soul-bride is she? ||31||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਸਾਹੁਰੈ ਪੇਈਐ ਕੰਤ ਕੀ ਕੰਤੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ॥
saahurai peeeai kant kee kant agam athaahu |
In her father-in-law's home hereafter, and in her parents' home in this world, she belongs to her Husband Lord. Her Husband is Inaccessible and Unfathomable.
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ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਜੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਬੇਪਰਵਾਹ ॥੩੨॥
naanak so sohaaganee ju bhaavai beparavaah |32|
O Nanak, she is the happy soul-bride, who is pleasing to her Carefree Lord. ||32||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਨਾਤੀ ਧੋਤੀ ਸੰਬਹੀ ਸੁਤੀ ਆਇ ਨਚਿੰਦੁ ॥
naatee dhotee sanbahee sutee aae nachind |
Bathing, washing and decorating herself, she comes and sleeps without anxiety.
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ਫਰੀਦਾ ਰਹੀ ਸੁ ਬੇੜੀ ਹਿੰਙੁ ਦੀ ਗਈ ਕਥੂਰੀ ਗੰਧੁ ॥੩੩॥
fareedaa rahee su berree hing dee gee kathooree gandh |33|
Fareed, she still smells like asafoetida; the fragrance of musk is gone. ||33||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਜੋਬਨ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਨਾ ਡਰਾਂ ਜੇ ਸਹ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
joban jaande naa ddaraan je seh preet na jaae |
I am not afraid of losing my youth, as long as I do not lose the Love of my Husband Lord.
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ਫਰੀਦਾ ਕਿਤਂੀ ਜੋਬਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੁਕਿ ਗਏ ਕੁਮਲਾਇ ॥੩੪॥
fareedaa kitanee joban preet bin suk ge kumalaae |34|
Fareed, so many youths, without His Love, have dried up and withered away. ||34||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਚਿੰਤ ਖਟੋਲਾ ਵਾਣੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਬਿਰਹਿ ਵਿਛਾਵਣ ਲੇਫੁ ॥
fareedaa chint khattolaa vaan dukh bireh vichhaavan lef |
Fareed, anxiety is my bed, pain is my mattress, and the pain of separation is my blanket and quilt.
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ਏਹੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ਜੀਵਣਾ ਤੂ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਸਚੇ ਵੇਖੁ ॥੩੫॥
ehu hamaaraa jeevanaa too saahib sache vekh |35|
Behold, this is my life, O my True Lord and Master. ||35||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਬਿਰਹਾ ਬਿਰਹਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਬਿਰਹਾ ਤੂ ਸੁਲਤਾਨੁ ॥
birahaa birahaa aakheeai birahaa too sulataan |
Many talk of the pain and suffering of separation; O pain, you are the ruler of all.
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ਫਰੀਦਾ ਜਿਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਬਿਰਹੁ ਨ ਊਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਤਨੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਮਸਾਨੁ ॥੩੬॥
fareedaa jit tan birahu na aoopajai so tan jaan masaan |36|
Fareed, that body, within which love of the Lord does not well up - look upon that body as a cremation ground. ||36||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਏ ਵਿਸੁ ਗੰਦਲਾ ਧਰੀਆਂ ਖੰਡੁ ਲਿਵਾੜਿ ॥
fareedaa e vis gandalaa dhareean khandd livaarr |
Fareed, these are poisonous sprouts coated with sugar.
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ਇਕਿ ਰਾਹੇਦੇ ਰਹਿ ਗਏ ਇਕਿ ਰਾਧੀ ਗਏ ਉਜਾੜਿ ॥੩੭॥
eik raahede reh ge ik raadhee ge ujaarr |37|
Some die planting them, and some are ruined, harvesting and enjoying them. ||37||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਚਾਰਿ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਹੰਢਿ ਕੈ ਚਾਰਿ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਸੰਮਿ ॥
fareedaa chaar gavaaeaa handt kai chaar gavaaeaa sam |
Fareed, the hours of the day are lost wandering around, and the hours of the night are lost in sleep.
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ਲੇਖਾ ਰਬੁ ਮੰਗੇਸੀਆ ਤੂ ਆਂਹੋ ਕੇਰ੍ਹੇ ਕੰਮਿ ॥੩੮॥
lekhaa rab mangeseea too aanho kerhe kam |38|
God will call for your account, and ask you why you came into this world. ||38||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਫਰੀਦਾ ਦਰਿ ਦਰਵਾਜੈ ਜਾਇ ਕੈ ਕਿਉ ਡਿਠੋ ਘੜੀਆਲੁ ॥
fareedaa dar daravaajai jaae kai kiau ddittho gharreeaal |
Fareed, you have gone to the Lord's Door. Have you seen the gong there?
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ਏਹੁ ਨਿਦੋਸਾਂ ਮਾਰੀਐ ਹਮ ਦੋਸਾਂ ਦਾ ਕਿਆ ਹਾਲੁ ॥੩੯॥
ehu nidosaan maareeai ham dosaan daa kiaa haal |39|
This blameless object is being beaten - imagine what is in store for us sinners! ||39||
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Sheikh Farid Ji · Salok Fareed Jee
Read the full shabad →ਘੜੀਏ ਘੜੀਏ ਮਾਰੀਐ ਪਹਰੀ ਲਹੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥
gharree gharree maareeai paharee lahai sajaae |
Each and every hour, it is beaten; it is punished every day.
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ਸੋ ਹੇੜਾ ਘੜੀਆਲ ਜਿਉ ਡੁਖੀ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥੪੦॥
so herraa gharreeaal jiau ddukhee rain vihaae |40|
This beautiful body is like the gong; it passes the night in pain. ||40||
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