Savaiye in praise of Guru Ram Das, Verse 8 — without a light you cannot see the road
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the Guru, there is deep darkness. Without the Guru, understanding does not come.
Without the Guru, there is no awareness and no success. Without the Guru, no one finds freedom.
So make him your Guru and think on what is true. Make him your Guru, O my mind.
Make him your Guru, who is full of the Word, and all your wrongdoing will be cut away.
Nal the poet says: with your eyes and with your words, make him your Guru, your True Guru.
Those who have never seen the Guru, who have never made him their Guru, live in this world without bearing fruit.
Without the Guru the road is dark, so make him your guide.
The bard is Nal. The verse is built on bin, without: without the Guru, darkness; no surat, awareness; no mukat, freedom. The last line says those who never found the Guru are akyath, without fruit, like a tree that never gives anything. The weight rests on the invitation that comes again and again: gur kar, make him your Guru.
Who has been a light that helped you see a path you could not see alone?
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