Dust If You Must [Author Unknown]

Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better,
To paint a picture or write a letter,
Bake a cake or plant a seed,
Ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time,
With rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
Music to hear and books to read,
Friends to cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world's out there,
With the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair,
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will not come 'round again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it's not always kind.
And when you go and go you must,
You, yourself, will make more dust.

~Author Unknown~

फरीदा ख़ाक न निंदिये, खाकों जेड़ा ना कोई / जिवंदियाँ पैरां तले, मोयां उप्पर होई

फरीदा ख़ाक न निंदिये, खाकों जेड़ा ना कोई...
जिवंदियाँ पैरां तले, मोयां उप्पर होई...
~बाबा फ़रीद जी~

[Transliteration]
Farida khaak naa nindiye, khaakoo jeda naa koye...
Jeevandyan pairaan thale, moyaan upar hoye...
~Baba Fareed Ji~

[Translation]
Fareed, do not slander the dust; nothing is as great as dust... When we are alive, it is under our feet, and when we are dead, it is above us...