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You must fathom the ocean

Baba Sheikh Farid, Baba Sheikh Farid poetry, Muslim / Sufi, Muslim / Sufi poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Sikh poetry by Baba Sheikh Farid
(1173 - 1266) Timeline

Original Language
Punjabi
Muslim / Sufi
Sikh
13th Century

Says Farid, you must fathom the ocean which contains what you want
Why do you soil your hand searching the petty ponds;
Says Farid, the Creater is in the creation and the creation in theCreator
Whom shall we blame when He is everywhere?

 

 

 

Themes

  Water
 
 
 
 


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Songs and Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Gurbachan S. Talib
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Winand M. Callewaert

 

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