Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even rivers that split apart can someday flow back together.
The rare, wise heart sees that what looks sweetest can hide a sting — and turns toward what's true. And here's the hope at the end: hearts that have been apart for the longest time can still be reunited.
The final verse lifts the whole Chhant out of warning into hope. Its opening image is one of Gurbani's tenderest: vichhunni-aa... mayl — rivers and streams that separate may be united again. After three fables about creatures caught by temptation, the poem promises that no separation is final. Yes, what is sweet is often full of poison and rare is the one who sees it — but the door home never closes: through the True Shabad, those long separated from the One are united once more. This is the whole of Aasaa's hope in a single line: however far you've wandered, however long you've been apart, you can still flow back to the source.
Is there a connection you thought was lost that could still be mended?
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