Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
She alone has fine ways and true adornment. She alone has beauty beyond compare.
She alone is the happy bride, O Nanak, who pleases the Creator.
The shabad ends by saying what real beauty is.
Saa-ee roop apaar — she alone has beauty beyond measure. Which one? Jo bhaanee kartaar — the one who pleases the Creator. It is not her looks or fine manners that make her lovely. What makes her lovely is pleasing the One.
Think of a drawing you make for someone you love. It is beautiful because it makes them happy, not because of what others think. The happy bride, the sohagan, is known by the Beloved's joy in her, not by the world's eyes.
Whose pleasure defines real beauty for you?
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