Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਕੋਊ ਹਰ ਜੋਰੈ ਬੋਵੈ ਕੋਊ ਲੁਨੈ ਕੋਊ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਤਾਂਹਿ ਅੰਤ ਕੌਨ ਖਾਇਧੋ ।
koaoo har jorai bovai koaoo lunai koaoo jaaneeai na jaae taanhi ant kauan khaaeidho |For obtaining some grains, just as someone ploughs the field, someone else sows the seed and guards it, and when the crop is ready, somebody comes and reaps it. But it cannot be known who ultimately will eat that grain.
ਕੋਊ ਗੜੈ ਚਿਨੈ ਕੋਊ ਕੋਊ ਲੀਪੈ ਪੋਚੈ ਕੋਊ ਸਮਝ ਨ ਪਰੈ ਕੌਨ ਬਸੈ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਆਇਧੋ ।
koaoo garrai chinai koaoo koaoo leepai pochai koaoo samajh na parai kauan basai grih aaeidho |Just as someone digs the foundation of a house, somebody else lays the bricks and plasters it, but no one knows who would come to live in that house.
ਕੋਊ ਚੁਨੈ ਲੋੜੈ ਕੋਊ ਕੋਊ ਕਾਤੈ ਬੁਨੈ ਕੋਊ ਬੂਝੀਐ ਨ ਓਢੈ ਕੌਨ ਅੰਗ ਸੈ ਬਨਾਇਧੋ ।
koaoo chunai lorrai koaoo koaoo kaatai bunai koaoo boojheeai na odtai kauan ang sai banaaeidho |Just as before getting the cloth ready, someone picks cotton, someone ginns and spins it, while some other person prepares the cloth. But it cannot be known whose body will adorn the dress made of this cloth.
ਤੈਸੇ ਆਪਾ ਕਾਛ ਕਾਛ ਕਾਮਨੀ ਸਗਲ ਬਾਛੈ ਕਵਨ ਸੁਹਾਗਨਿ ਹ੍ਵੈ ਸਿਹਜਾ ਸਮਾਇਧੋ ।੫੯੩।
taise aapaa kaachh kaachh kaamanee sagal baachhai kavan suhaagan hvai sihajaa samaaeidho |593|Similarly, all seekers of God hope and expect union with God and prepare themselves in all possible way for this. union. But no one knows which of these seekers would ultimately be fortunate to unite with husband-Lord and share the mind like nuptial bed.