Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I come to You for shelter, because You are the One who forgives.
Please bless me, Fareed, with the gift of loving, remembering You.
Fareed closes his shabad with a simple, trusting prayer — and it rests entirely on the One's forgiving nature: I seek Your Protection — You are the Forgiving Lord. He comes for shelter not because he's earned it, but because the One forgives — that's the ground of his confidence. And what does he ask for? Not wealth, not status, but the bounty of Your meditative worship — the gift of being able to love and remember the One. It's a beautiful thing to ask for: not things, but the capacity to love more deeply. For a child, Fareed's closing prayer is a model: when you ask the One for something, ask for the best thing — to be forgiven, held safe, and given a heart that loves and remembers. Everything else follows from that.
If you could ask for one gift for your heart, what would you ask for?
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