ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਇਕਤੁਕੇ ਚਉਪਦੇ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 5 iktukay cha-upday.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl, Ik-Tukas, Chau-Padas:
ਇਕ ਘੜੀ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦਿਹਾਰੇ ॥
ik gharhee dinas mo ka-o bahut dihaaray.
One moment, one day, is for me many days.
ਮਨੁ ਨ ਰਹੈ ਕੈਸੇ ਮਿਲਉ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੧॥
man na rahai kaisay mila-o pi-aaray. ||1||
My mind cannot survive - how can I meet my Beloved? ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
One moment, one day, feels to me like many days.
My mind cannot survive — how will I ever meet my Beloved?
When you long for someone deeply, a single day can feel like many.
The shabad opens in the time-dilation of longing: "one day is for me many days." When you ache for someone, time stretches unbearably. The mind "cannot survive" the wait — this is viraha at full intensity, separation felt as a threat to life itself.
A Question to Sit With
Have you ever waited for something so much that time seemed to crawl?
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