Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are inside every heart that beats — the one life living in all of them, the very first being, spread through everything.
Some people have much to give and some come with empty hands, and all of it is Your amazing play. You are the one who gives the gift, and You are also the one who receives and enjoys it — I cannot find anyone, anywhere, who is not You.
You go on forever, with no end and no edge. What words could ever be big enough to sing You? I would give myself away to anyone who truly serves You.
This one says the giver and the one who asks are the same One.
The key picture is lila, which means "wondrous play." Think of a school play where one actor plays every part. Some people give, some people ask, some are rich, some are poor. The One is playing all of those parts.
Toon aapay daataa aapay bhugtaa — You are the Giver, and You are also the one who enjoys the gift. The One is not only inside every heart. The One is on both sides of every sharing.
That takes away the ground for pride. It takes away the ground for looking down on anyone too. The hand that gives and the hand that receives belong to the same body.
At the end, Guru Ram Das does not only praise the One. He bows to the people who serve the One. Love for the One honors everyone else who loves the One.
Where have you seen the same life looking out at you from someone very different from yourself?
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