Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The whole world walks around crying 'me, me!' — and without the Shabad, the me does not depart.
O Nanak, those dyed in the Name — their ego has gone; they remain merged in the True One.
The shabad ends by showing the one chant the whole world never stops saying: me, me.
Ha-o ha-o kardee sabh firai — everyone goes around saying "me, me!" It is the opposite of the Name, the opposite of simran, remembering the One. People repeat it perfectly, from waking up until sleep. Think of a song stuck in your head that you cannot switch off.
You cannot quit it just by trying hard, because the one trying to push out the "me" is the "me." Bin sabdai ha-o na jaa-ay — without the Shabad, the ego does not leave. Only the Word dissolves the one doing the chanting.
Then the bride's story ends in one motion. Dyed in the Name, her true color at last, her ha-umai, her ego, is gone. The soul merges into the True One. The wedding is complete, and the two are no longer two.
Listen to your thoughts for one minute: how many begin with 'I'? What would fill the space if fewer did?
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