Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
As a child places such faith in his father,
I speak only as it pleases the Guru to have me speak.
This is no hidden secret: Guru Nanak, greatly pleased, has bestowed this gift.
Trust the Guru the way a little child trusts a parent.
Ji-o baalak pitaa oopar karay baho maan — just as a child leans on a father with full trust, the devotee trusts the Guru. Bulaa-i-aa bolai gur kai bhaan — I speak as the Guru wants me to speak.
Picture a small child jumping off the edge of a pool into a parent's arms. There is no fear and no holding back. That is the trust the verse means: open and whole. Another Aasaa shabad says it simply: "I am Your child."
This is not a hidden secret. Guru Nanak, glad and pleased, has given this gift.
What does a child's trust in a parent look like, and could you trust that way?
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