Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some things are too wonderful for words — the story of the One can't quite be told.
Still, calm and loving hearts sing it anyway, and letting go of pride and division, their small light melts into the great Light.
The shabad opens with a beautiful paradox: the One's 'sermon' is akath — unspeakable, too vast to put into words — and yet peaceful hearts sing it anyway. You don't stay silent before the unspeakable; you sing it, knowing the song can't contain it. And the singing works a change: renouncing self-conceit and division, their light merges into the Light (jot samaanee). The trying-to-tell isn't a failure even though it can't succeed — the very attempt, made with love, dissolves the pride and separateness that kept you feeling small and apart.
What is something so wonderful that no words feel big enough for it?
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