The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 598

Whose eyes are di'owsy, whence ' (should) their meeting (with it come)?

(81). 0 Farid, I know, that I am in pain and that the whole world is in pain.

Having risen high up I saw, that in every house there is this fire.

^TTT '«., an inferior kind of grain (Paspahim frumeataceum), Sansk. ^J^. The d is aspirated by the influence of r.

i.e. ill the grave. The subject is not mentioned.

tilWO JT7 '^TfS- ^7T is used in the old Panjabi instead of the modern ^T (or ^), as still in Sindlii; see my Sindhi (ham. p. 129.

IT^T'W^ ear, literally: the hearer. The word is now qnite obsolete. In its original signification (a hearer) it occurs in the Rag Vadhans, Chant, Mali. V., Slok I. ' VTzf, Sansk. TT^. ' ST©, portion = Sansk. TI{JJ{. " STWI©'. Sindhi ^5^^, whence?

(82). Mail. V. 0 Farid, the world is delightful, (but) in it is a painful garden.

Those who are cherished by (their) Pir, them the flame does not touch.

(83). Mah. V. 0 Farid, life is pleasant in company with a beautiful body.'

Some rare ones are found, who are in love with the beloved one.

(84). Do not pull down the bank of a river, thou also must give account!

■Whither the will of the Lord (points), thither the river makes (its) wandering.

(85). 0 Farid, with pain the day is gone, with gripes the night.

Standing the ferryman cries out: the boat is along the bank! -

(86). Long, long the river flows underneath the bank.

What can the high bank do to the boat, if the ferryman remains cautious?

(87). 0 Farid, in words twenty are good friends, seeking the One I ffcm.J do not obtain him.

I burn like cinders of cow-dung on account of that my beloved.

(88). 0 Farid, this body is always barking, it is continually in some pain.

I put stopples into (my) ears, the wind may (then) blow anywhere.

(89). 0 Farid, the dates of the Lord are ripe, rivers of honey flow.

The days of youth, ^ they are to be accounted as (real) life.^

(90). 0 Farid, the body is dried up, it has become a cage, the crows are pecking away (its) plastering.'

Till now the Lord has not been met with, behold the lot of (his) servant!

(91). 0 crow, (my) cadaver is thoroughly searched through, all (my) flesh is eaten (by thee).

Do not touch these two eyes, I hope to see my beloved (with them)!

(92). 0 crow, do not gnaw (my) cage (= body), it is inhabited, fly therefore away!

In which cage my bridegroom dwells, from that ^ do not eat the flesh!

(93). 0 Farid, the humble grave cries out: 0 houseless one, come to (ray) house!