The sweetness of Baba Farid
The bitter waters of worldly life Became sweet with the sugar called Ganj-e-Shakar The bitter taste of worldly talk Became sweet by chanting your name The toxic environment of the materialistic world Turned into sweet scent of God's grace near Baba Farid The hatred existing in the materialistic world Metamorphoses into sweet love near Baba Farid In the materialistic world there was much pride At your majestic durbar everyone bowed and became humble The essence of the materialistic world is illusion Your sweet essence is for one and all emancipation The world is full of bigots who do not remember Ali You remember in every breath and are the supreme Wali The materialistic world remembers only the sinful Guru Arjan Dev the embodiment of love remembered your form beautiful The materialistic world is full of trouble and pain In this I turn to you for the balm of blissful rain