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Chaubolay, Verse 3 — love makes any distance nothing
ਸਾਗਰ ਮੇਰ ਉਦਿਆਨ ਬਨ ਨਵ ਖੰਡ ਬਸੁਧਾ ਭਰਮ ॥ ਮੂਸਨ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪਿਰੰਮ ਕੈ ਗਨਉ ਏਕ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਮ ॥੩॥
saagar mayr udi-aan ban nav khand basuDhaa bharam. moosan paraym piramm kai gan-o ayk kar karam. ||3||
I would cross the oceans, mountains, wilderness, forests and the nine regions of the earth in a single step, O Musan, for the Love of my Beloved. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Oceans and mountains, wild lands and forests, all nine regions of the earth —
O Musan, for the love of my Beloved, I would count them all as a single step.
When you love deeply enough, no distance feels far.
For the Beloved's love, the whole wide earth feels like one step.
The verse speaks to Musan, a friend named often in the Chaubolay. It lists saagar, the oceans, mayr, the mountains, wild lands and forests, and nav khand, the nine regions of the earth. For love of the Beloved, all of it counts as ayk kar karam, a single step.
A Question to Sit With
How far would you go for someone you love?
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