ਚੀਤਿ ਆਵੈ ਤਾਂ ਸਦਾ ਦਇਆਲਾ ਲੋਗਨ ਕਿਆ ਵੇਚਾਰੇ ॥
cheet aavai taaN sadaa da-i-aalaa logan ki-aa vaychaaray.
When You come to mind, You are always merciful to me; what can the poor people do to me?
ਬੁਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਹੀਐ ਸਗਲੇ ਜੀਅ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
buraa bhalaa kaho kis no kahee-ai saglay jee-a tumHaaray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Tell me, who should I call good or bad, since all beings are Yours? ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When You are in my mind, You are always merciful to me — so what can anyone do to me?
Tell me: whom should I call good, and whom bad, when all beings are Yours?
If everyone belongs to the One, who exactly are you so sure is 'bad'?
Two fruits of remembrance: security ("what can the poor people do to me?") and non-judgment ("who should we call good or bad, since all beings are Yours?"). If every being belongs to the One, the habit of sorting people into good and bad collapses (cf. Shabad 40).
A Question to Sit With
When have you been too quick to sort someone into 'good' or 'bad'?
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