Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, why would you ever forget the One? Don't be forgetful, dear mind.
One day the books get balanced — and only the heart that remembered will be counted truly wise.
This is the Pause (rahaau), the line the whole poem hangs on. Notice the tone — ay man (O mind) — the poet speaking gently to his own mind, half scolding, half coaxing, the way you'd talk to a forgetful friend you love. The one thing worth not forgetting is the Source. And the image of the 'account being settled' (lekhaa) isn't a threat so much as a reminder that a life adds up to something: what will have mattered, in the end, is what you kept turning back toward. Wisdom here isn't cleverness — it's remembering the thing that counts.
What is something important you never want to forget, no matter how busy life gets?
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