Some call the Lord ' Ram, Ram ', and some ' Khuda ' - Sikh, Hindu, Sufi, Islam, etc
Some call the Lord 'Ram, Ram', and some 'Khuda'.
koee saevai guseeaa koee alaahi ||1||
Some serve Him as 'Gusain', others as 'Allah'.
kaaran karan kareem ||
He is the Cause of causes, and Generous.
kirapaa dhhaar reheem ||1||
He showers His Grace and Mercy upon us.
koee naavai theerathh koee haj jaae ||
Some pilgrims bathe at sacred shrines, others go on Hajj to Mecca.
koee karai poojaa koee sir nivaae ||2||
Some do devotional worship, whilst others bow their heads in prayer.
koee parrai baedh koee kathaeb ||
Some read the Vedas, and some the Koran.
koee oudtai neel koee supaedh ||3||
Some wear blue robes, and some wear white.
koee kehai thurak koee kehai hi(n)dhoo ||
Some call themselves Muslim, and some call themselves Hindu.
koee baashhai bhisath koee suragi(n)dhoo ||4||
Some yearn for paradise, and others long for heaven.
kahu naanak jin hukam pashhaathaa ||
Says Nanak, one who realizes the Hukam of God's Will,
prabh saahib kaa thin bhaedh jaathaa ||5||
knows the secrets of his Lord Master."
2 comments:
I wonder what moments inspire us to focus on the overlaps while others makes us loathe the same with whom we can see much in common but desire to draw lines of separation. Is it just fear? I don't know...I think there has to be more to it.
i think of moments when I want to draw lines rather than admit the overlaps of "human rainbows." usually it comes from not-yet-forgotten histories of being invaded/(being-acquiescent-to-)invading. So how shall i make sense of this chary move of drawing lines (or rather, not taking lightly that lines have long been drawn and have rarely been overcome)? is it an instinctive mistrust shared with peoples who remember the same histories? my own ideological obstinacy? or inherited unforgiveness? or......?
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