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Jaan tu khattan vel

Jaan tu khattan vel taan tu ratta duni seyon
Marg sawai neenha jaan bharya taan laddya

Reference: Kalam Baba Farid, Dr Nazir Ahmad; Packages Limited; Page 21
English Translation

Fareed, when there was time for you to earn good karma, you were in love with the world instead. Now, death has a strong foothold; when the load is full, it is taken away.

Translation: S. S. Khalsa