Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Whatever you are attached to, you shall have to leave it all behind.
These things seem like only a dream, to the one who takes the Lord's Name.
Everything you hold on to here, you will one day leave behind.
That is the traveler's truth. Sabh ka-o taj ga-ay — they left it all behind. Whatever we get attached to, we can't take with us.
To someone who holds the Name, those things are supnaa ji-o — like a dream. They are seen for what they are: only half-real, gone when you wake up. Think of a great dream about winning a trophy. In the morning, your hands are empty. Another shabad compares such things to mirages, water that shimmers in the desert but isn't there.
What do you cling to that you'll one day have to leave?
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