Savaiye in Praise of Guru Angad, Verse 2 — a look like a stream of nectar
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A stream of sweet nectar flows from your eyes and washes away the grime of wrongdoing. Seeing your door, the darkness of not-knowing goes away.
Whoever takes on the hard, steep work of living by the highest Word, the Shabad, crosses the frightening ocean of the world and sets down the heavy load of wrongdoing.
The Sangat is heavenly and full of calm. Whoever stays awake there, thinking on the Guru, becomes humble and is filled forever with the highest love.
Kal Sahaar says: sing the praise of Lehnaa through all seven continents. He met the One and became the Guru of the world.
The Guru's look is like a stream of nectar, amrit Dhaar, that washes the grime off a life, and near him the dark of not-knowing lifts.
Living by the Shabad is called gaakh-rhee bikham kaar, hard and steep work. Those who do it cross the frightening ocean of the world and set their heavy load down.
Satsangat sahj saar: the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One — is full of easy calm. Whoever stays awake there, thinking on the Guru, becomes nimmree, humble, and filled with love. The bard is Kal Sahaar.
Whose company makes you gentler and calmer just by being near them?
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