ਪਉੜੀ ੧੯

paurree 19

ਵਧੈ ਚੀਲ ਉਜਾੜ ਵਿਚਿ ਉਚੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਉਚੀ ਹੋਈ ।

vadhai cheel ujaarr vich uchai upar uchee hoee |

Pine tree grows in a forest and goes high and higher.

ਗੰਢੀ ਜਲਨਿ ਮੁਸਾਹਰੇ ਪੱਤ ਅਪੱਤ ਨ ਛੁਹੁਦਾ ਕੋਈ ।

gandtee jalan musaahare pat apat na chhuhudaa koee |

Its nodes burn in torches and none touches its scorned leaves.

ਛਾਉਂ ਨ ਬਹਨਿ ਪੰਧਾਣੂਆਂ ਪਵੈ ਪਛਾਵਾਂ ਟਿਬੀਂ ਟੋਈ ।

chhaaun na behan pandhaanooaan pavai pachhaavaan ttibeen ttoee |

No passerby sits under its shade because its long shadow falls over rough ground.

ਫਿੰਡ ਜਿਵੈ ਫਲੁ ਫਾਟੀਅਨਿ ਘੁੰਘਰਿਆਲੇ ਰੁਲਨਿ ਪਲੋਈ ।

findd jivai fal faatteean ghunghariaale rulan paloee |

Its fruit also bursts forth in curly pieces like that of a ball made of rags and moves around.

ਕਾਠੁ ਕੁਕਾਠੁ ਨ ਸਹਿ ਸਕੈ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਵਨੁ ਨ ਧੁਪ ਨ ਲੋਈ ।

kaatth kukaatth na seh sakai paanee pavan na dhup na loee |

Its wood is also not a good one, because it cannot bear water, air, sunshine and heat.

ਲਗੀ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਵਿਝਵੈ ਜਲਦੀ ਹਉਮੈਂ ਅਗਿ ਖੜੋਈ ।

lagee mool na vijhavai jaladee haumain ag kharroee |

If fire breaks out in pine forest it does not extinguish soon and it further goes on burning itself in the fire of ego.

ਵਡਿਆਈ ਕਰਿ ਦਈ ਵਿਗੋਈ ।੧੯।

vaddiaaee kar dee vigoee |19|

Giving it big size, God has made it useless and liable to destruction.