Waheguru !
Daas was so mesmerized by this post that could not stop from translating it for benefit of sangat at large. Though this translation is not even 1% close to the Gurmukhi post but with Guru Jees kripa I tried to do my best. Forgive for the various mistakes which might have happened unknowingly while translating.
Veer Sahib Singh Jee bahut bahut dhanwaad tuhada for beautiful post.
......... At last the King came (A notion !!)Long long time ago world was in turmoil. Humans were turning evil, the differences of caste system had reached its peak. Deprived & poor population had became slave of wealthy & prosperous. Women were being treated with insolence. Darkness had engulfed all the good deeds and not an iota of good deed was left. On seeing such awful state of Humans, the King of this world felt compassion and took birth as Human. This Human was not an ordinary man. He did such miracles, in childhood itself, that well-informed scholars came to know that the King of the world Himself has come on earth. Few lucky fellows faithfully accepted Him as King of world. Alas ! few ill-fated, instead of earning blessings, revolted and lost the opportunity. Well, with the passage of time, the King kept showering His blessings on the loved ones. This King stayed for, around, 200 years on earth. All of a sudden one day the King started walking towards the sea. The mesmerized crowd started following Him. Within few moments the King was in middle of deep waters and then He went out of sight in the high flowing currents. The people were left awestruck on the coast of sea. They had no choice but to stop because water tides were so high that the other side of the sea was not visible. Many people kept waiting for days on the coast but the King did not returned. At last, everybody came back home. There was cold silence. The devotees, who had seen King with inner eyes, were grossly upset. Every second they were longing to see the charismatic face of their King. They were yearning to listen to King’s honey filled words. They desperately wanted the nostalgic peace in His lotus feet. But all they see was sea with water, water and deep water.
Well, time passed by. Then it came to attention that the King had left behind some messages. There was sudden uproar. Everyone was very much interested to scrutinize and examine these messages. Few scholars collected all of the King’s messages, compiled and published them as one Book. People started studying this Book as per their intelligence quotient. The messages in the Book were so profoundly divine that layman cannot apprehend it’s meaning. Well, on a very high level the messages revealed about King’s features, behaviour, location etc... But most important thing which this Book had and which people were interested in finding was that how to meet the King. The way to meet the King was written in a very clear manner. Though the way was not an easy one but still Book had enlisted the problems and how to deal with each of them in an effective manner. Among all these messages, the first and most important order was that whoever wish to cross the sea to meet King should get their names registered. Many unfortunate fellows argued that how one can cross the sea by simply registering ones name and they turned their backs on the Book. But still in their heart they had this wish to cross the sea and meet the King. Anyways, many people still registered their names. From time to time the new names still continued to get registered. The list of names continued to grow. Within short span of time, people from different background started gathering and forming groups on the coast of sea. Amazingly it was noticed, after some time, that in different parts of sea many ships also started sailing. Surprisingly, every ship had its own King. Now group of people sitting on coast started thinking that among these ships one belong to the King and that ship will help us cross the sea. Finally, the different group of people as per their intelligence quotient boarded different ships. Not only that, the people who had not even registered their names boarded and became passengers of different ships. Very few people were left sitting on the coast and they were thinking that among all these sailing ships none is Captained by our Original Real King. These people still sitting on coast thought that one day Real King will come in His ship and will quench the thirst of their wish. Now these small bunch of people kept sitting on coast with full faith. Dedicatedly they kept reading the Book over and over again. With whatever clue they used to discover from the Book they tried to enshrine it inside them and put efforts to implement the same in their lives. In hope that the Real King could listen to their woes.
Time started passing by and patience of few people started breaking. Out of the small bunch left at the coast, few were just sitting and wishing for worldly desires. As soon as their desires used to get filled they were on their way back to home. Eventually the count of people sitting on the coast became meagre. With full faith they kept waiting for the ship in which their adorable King will return. Over and over again they used to read this precious Book, try to grasp the order written in it and then try to live according to those orders. Because they knew that they are not yet ready to board their King’s ship. Time still passed by. Sometime came winter, sometime summer, sometime shade, sometime heat, sometime joy, sometime sorrow, sometime birth, sometime death, sometime rain, sometime drought, but these fellows kept sitting on coast unwavering and unshakable with their eyes riveted in sea. Day and night they kept meditating on the messages left behind by their King. Reciting those message they used to go in trance and they kept waiting for their King to return.
At last the day arrived when a meagre bunch of people can be seen sitting on coast with tears in their eyes, thirst on their lips, hunger in their stomach, skinny and undernourished body, but with greatest pull ever to get the glimpse of their King. They can be seen consoling and cheering each other, sitting unshakable on coast. Soon the ship of wonderful King could been seen coming from horizon. It seemed as if the ship was submerged in whole of the sea itself. This ship had not one but numerous sailors. Decorated with all kind of beautiful flowers and garland, the ship was approaching the coast. The thirst of lips were quenched, dying body started bubbling with life, grief turned into happiness, there was no feeling of cold or heat – the weather had came to stand still in oneness. The ship was not even docked and these fellows started running towards it forgetting the sea is in front of them. Within a moment the Cosmos calmed, high waves of sea dwarfed and gates of ship opened. A grand established throne can be seen inside the ship. From which came the fragrance unknown to this world, the scenic beauty was out of this galaxy and such a miraculous was this play. These fellows ran towards this throne and suddenly saw the Lotus feet of their King. Now it was as if this King was not revealing to them as a King anymore. What to say more, these lucky fellows firmly held the Lotus feet of King and just kept sitting there. They started listening to the honey filled verses of their King. Gates of ship got latched up and King took this fellows to the other side of the sea. After that day neither these fellows were seen nor the King.
Bhul Chuk Maaf.
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa,
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥
