Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have searched in all four directions, and no one is truly mine.
But if it pleases You, O my Master — then You are mine, and I am Yours.
Guru Nanak has searched everywhere, and he finds one thing: the only One who is truly his.
Chaaray kundaa dhoodhee-aa — I searched in all four directions. Ko neemHee maidaa — no one is mine. That is not a bitter thing to say. It is simply true. Every person we love is with us for a while. Another line in Raag Aasaa says it plainly: in the end, no one belongs to anyone for good.
But right there, in that empty space, something wonderful becomes possible. Too mai ha-o taidaa — You are mine, and I am Yours. It goes both ways. Think of a child lost at a big fair, looking at every face. Then one face turns, and it is Mom. And it happens jay tuDh bhaavai, if it pleases You. It rests on the One's grace, not on our claim.
What is the difference between loving people and belonging to them — or them to you?
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