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On the bank of a pool in the moor

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

On the bank of a pool in the moor
The swan has come to alight
But he does not dip his beak to drink,
He is eager to fly away.

 

 

 

Themes

  Water
  Wine
 
 
 


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Songs of the 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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