The Four days of life - Zindagi day din chaar (With English Translation)

A few people have asked for the English Translation of my latest Punjabi poem.

S0 - Reposting it -- Please scroll down for Translation 

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Zindagi day din hunday chaar Sajanaa

Kaahnu aevain karen taqraar Sajanaa

Saara din Meri Meri kardaa phiren 

Jhoothaa aenvain karen hankaar Sajanaa

Sabh kujh chhadd ethay tur jaavnaa 

Jeehday layi karen maaro-maar Sajanaa

Jeehnaa layi karen din raat thaggiyaan

Kisay nahiyon laini teri saar Sajanaa

Jaandi vaari kisay nahinyon naal chalnaa 

kisay nay ni honaa teraa yaar Sajanaa

Vehmaa tay bhulekheyaan ch rolen zindagi 

Aenvain hundaa phiren tu khuwaar Sajanaa

Vair tay virodh diyaan pandaan bann kay 

Aeinven chukki phiren sir bhaar Sajanaa

Dharmaan day naa tay paunda phiren vandiyaan 

Jhoothaa karnaa aen parchaar Sajanaa

Bholi bhaali janta nu paa kay puthay raah

Kaahnu bandaa en gunahgaar Sajanaa 

Ikko Rab nay banaaye saaray insaan 

Sab nu banaayaa iksaar Sajanaa 

Ikko hai zameen ikko aasmaan hai 

Saareyaan da saanjha sansaar Sajanaa 

Kisay nahin padhaayaa ki do-chaar Rabb nay 

Ikko ik hee ae Kartaar Sajanaa 

Ved aakhan Ik bin doojaa ko nahin **

Nanak aakhay ik Omkaar Sajanaa 

Ikko Rabb nay banaayi saari duniya 

Ik da hai saaraa eh pasaar Sajanaa 

Khandaan tay Brahmandaan vich noor usay da 

Mahimaa hai Us dee Apaar Sajanaa 

Chhotay vadday saaray Rabb day hee banday nay 

Usay day nay phul atay khaar Sajanaa 

Jis nu vee gall eh samajh aa gayi 

Pand eerkhaa dee daye utaar Sajanaa 

Ikko jehaa jaan kay har insaan nu 

Karay sab naal hee oh pyaar Sajanaa 

Har ik vich vekhay Rabb daa hee roop 

Karay sab daa oh satkaar Sajanaa 

Mitth bolnaa tay neevaan ho kay chalnaa

Ban jaandai us da shingaar Sajanaa 

Karnaa bhalaa tay nekiyaan kamaavnaa 

Ehi taan hai zindgi daa saar Sajanaa 

Moh-Mayaa daa hai jinnay jaal todeyaa

Ohiyo hundai Jag vichon paar Sajanaa 

Gyaan daa vee 'Rajan' kaday maan na kareen 

Ajay taan hai naav manjhdhaar Sajanaa 

                   " Rajan Sachdeva "

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                       English Translation

The days of life are four*- my dear friends.

Why spend them arguing and fighting all the time?

All day long, keep declaring 'Me & Mine'

It's nothing but false ego - my dear friends.

One day, everyone departs from this world, leaving everything here.

The things, that everyone struggles so hard to get.

Those loved ones - for whom one cheats and deceits - 

will not come to the rescue or become the partners of the consequences 

(when the time comes to repay)

While leaving this world, no one is going to accompany you -

No one is going to be your friendly co-traveler in the other world.

Why ruin life functioning on superstitions, misconceptions, and delusions all the time?

By keeping hatred and animosity for others -

Why carry a heavy load on your head?

Creating divisions in the name of religion while preaching is not a good thing -

it's false and deceiving the real meaning of religion - my dear friends.

Misleading the innocent, unsuspecting, and trusting masses is a sin -

Why do you want to become guilty of this sin, My dear friends?

The same God has created all human beings

All are made equal - My dear friends

We share the same earth - and the same sky

The world belongs equally to everyone - My dear friends

No one ever taught that there are two, three, or four Gods

There is only one creator - My dear friends

The Vedas say There is only one God - without the other**

Guru Nanak also said, "One Omkar."

One God created the whole universe.

All this expanse belongs to the One.

It's His light present in the continents and universes

The Glory of the great Lord is beyond comprehension.

Big or small, all are children of the same God

Flowers or thorns - all belong to Him - My dear friends

Those who understand this fact -

Do not keep envy and jealousy in their hearts.

They consider all people equal

and love everyone equally

They see God's image in everyone

and respect everyone from their heart.

Sweet and polite speech, and humility in the heart -

are the ornaments of their lives - My dear friends.

Doing good deeds and earning good merits

After all - This is the essence of life, My dear friends

Those who break the shackles of Maya and free themselves from its trap - 

Are the ones who crosse this world of suffering.

Do not become egotistic of having the Gyan - the sacred knowledge -

 My dear friends - The boat is still in the middle of the ocean.

                       "Rajan Sachdeva"

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Note:

* 4 days -- Childhood, Youth, Mature, and Oldage.

** The Vedas Say -

Ekah Brahma Daviteeya Naastay - Neh Nai Naasti Kinchanam

(Brahma Sutra - Yajurveda)

Meaning - There is only one Almighty God -

There is no one other like Him - never was, nor is, and never will be.

In other words - There is only one Almighty God - not many - 

and there is no other like Him or equal to Him.

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"Ekam Sat - Vipra Bahudha Vandanti"

(Rigveda, Book 1, Chapter 164, Shloka 46)

Meaning: Truth or God is one - 

but scholars explain it in many ways, through different names, forms, and attributes.