Seeing and perceiving, O my companions, I am wonder-struck and amazed.
ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਤੀ ਮੈ ਮੁਈ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਵੈ ਮਨਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥
ha-o ha-o kartee mai mu-ee sabad ravai man gi-aan.
My egotism, which proclaimed itself in possessiveness and self-conceit, is dead. My mind chants the Word of the Shabad, and attains spiritual wisdom.
ਹਾਰ ਡੋਰ ਕੰਕਨ ਘਣੇ ਕਰਿ ਥਾਕੀ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
haar dor kankan ghanay kar thaakee seegaar.
I am so tired of wearing all these necklaces, hair-ties and bracelets, and decorating myself.
ਮਿਲਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਗਲ ਗੁਣਾ ਗਲਿ ਹਾਰੁ ॥
mil pareetam sukh paa-i-aa sagal gunaa gal haar.
Meeting with my Beloved, I have found peace; now, I wear the necklace of total virtue.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
naanak gurmukh paa-ee-ai har si-o pareet pi-aar.
O Nanak, the Gurmukh attains the Lord, with love and affection.
ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਮਨਿ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
har bin kin sukh paa-i-aa daykhhu man beechaar.
Without the Lord, who has found peace? Reflect upon this in your mind, and see.
ਹਰਿ ਪੜਣਾ ਹਰਿ ਬੁਝਣਾ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਰਖਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
har parh-naa har bujh-naa har si-o rakhahu pi-aar.
Read about the Lord, understand the Lord, and enshrine love for the Lord.
ਹਰਿ ਜਪੀਐ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥੫੧॥
har japee-ai har Dhi-aa-ee-ai har kaa naam aDhaar. ||51||
Chant the Lord's Name, and meditate on the Lord; hold tight to the Support of the Name of the Lord. ||51||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
Looking and looking, my friends, I am simply wonder-struck.
The "me, me, mine" in me has died away; my mind sings the Word and finds wisdom.
I grew so tired of necklaces and bracelets and endless dressing-up —
then I met my Beloved and found peace, and now I wear one necklace: the whole of goodness itself.
Nanak says: turned toward the Guru, you find the One, with love and closeness.
Who has ever found peace without the One? Think it over in your mind and see.
Read of the One, understand the One, keep your love for the One.
Chant the One, keep the One in mind, and hold on to the Naam as your support.
The finest necklace is goodness itself.
The deeper layer
Hairaan — wonder-struck; the awe of wahe. Hao hao... mai mu-ee — the "I, I" self has died away, the ego dissolved. The bride's outer ornaments are set aside for the inner "necklace of all virtue" (sagal gunaa gal haar) — adornment relocated inward. Wonder is the doorway.
