Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People never serve the Pure One, who makes the fallen clean again.
They waste away in false pleasures — how long can this go on?
Why do you take such pleasure, looking at a mirage?
O Lord! I give myself to those who are known in the court of the One.
Why chase something that looks real but is not there?
The verse asks why we do not serve the One who is paavan, pure, the One who makes everyone clean again, even those who have fallen. Instead people wear themselves out on jhoothai rang, false pleasures.
Then comes the word harichand-uree. It means a mirage, a city in the sky that looks real from far away and vanishes when you get close. Think of racing across hot sand toward a shining lake and finding only more sand.
The verse ends by honoring those who are known in the One's dargahi, the true court. They stopped chasing the mirage and found the True One.
What is something shiny you once chased that turned out to be a mirage?
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