Salok Vaaraan Te Vadheek (Mehl 3), Salok 96 — the wheel that sings You
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The water wheel, turning, also cries "You! You!" with a sweet, lovely sound.
But the Great One is always right here — why call out so loudly?
I give my whole self to the One who made the world and loves it.
Let go of your self, and you will meet your Beloved. Think about this truth.
Talking from ego is empty; then I cannot understand the One's ways.
The forests, the grass, and all three worlds remember You, day and night, always.
Without the True Guru, no one has found the One; people have worn themselves out thinking about it.
If You look with kindness, You Yourself make us beautiful.
Nanak says: those who face the Guru and remember the One — their coming into the world is blessed.
The One is always present, so the work is to let go of the self that makes the One seem far.
The Persian wheel creaks "too, too" — in Punjabi, "You, You" — and all of nature seems to be naming the One. Saahib sadaa hadoor hai: the Great One is always near, so loud calling is not needed. Aap chhodeh taa saho milai: drop the self, and the Beloved is met. Speech from ha-umai, ego (the feeling of being a separate self), is fikaa, flat and empty.
The forests and grass already remember the One day and night. Thinking alone wears people out; the True Guru and the One's kind glance make a life beautiful.
If everything around you were quietly saying "You," what would you notice that you usually miss?
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