ਸੁਨਿ ਰੀ ਸਖੀ ਇਹ ਹਮਰੀ ਘਾਲ ॥
sun ree sakhee ih hamree ghaal.
Listen, O companions: this is my only work;
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਆਪਿ ਸੀਗਾਰਿ ਸਵਾਰਨਹਾਰ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੧॥੫੨॥
parabh aap seegaar savaaranhaar. ||1|| rahaa-o doojaa. ||1||52||
God Himself is the One who embellishes and adorns. ||1||Second Pause||1||52||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen, my companions — this is my only work:
God Himself is the One who dresses and adorns me.
Your only real work is to let yourself be adorned by the One.
The Second Pause gives the answer to the opening question and the shabad's deepest point: "God Himself is the One who embellishes and adorns." The bride's only work is to let herself be adorned. Devotion is not self-improvement but receptivity — the soul's task is to be available to the One who does the dressing (cf. Shabad 98, adorned by the Beloved).
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