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Dukhaan seeti deenhu gaya

Dukhaan seeti deenhu gaya
Soolan seeti raat
Kharra pukaare paatni
Bairra kappar waat

Reference: Kalam Baba Farid, Dr Nazir Ahmad; Packages Limited; Page 47
English Translation

Fareed, the day passes painfully; the night is spent in anguish. The boatman stands up and shouts, "The boat is caught in the whirlpool!"

Translation: S. S. Khalsa