ਸੋਇ ਰਹੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਦ ਮਾਤੇ ॥
so-ay rahay maa-i-aa mad maatay.
The mortals are asleep, intoxicated with the wine of Maya.
ਜਾਗਤ ਭਗਤ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaagat bhagat simrat har raatay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The devotees remain awake, imbued with the Lord's meditation. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Most people are asleep, drunk on the wine of illusion.
The devotees stay awake, soaked in remembrance of the One.
Illusion is a wine that lulls people to sleep — remembrance is what keeps you awake.
The Pause gives the governing contrast: the world "asleep, intoxicated with the wine of Maya," versus the devotees who "remain awake, imbued with the Lord's meditation." Maya is a wine that lulls the soul to sleep; remembrance is what keeps the devotee awake (cf. Shabad 30, Shabad 130).
A Question to Sit With
What lulls you to sleep, and what keeps you truly awake?
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