Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Love the One the way a fish loves water — not content for even a moment out of it.
Love like the little rain-bird calling to the clouds for a single drop. Give your whole heart, and don't puff yourself up with pride.
Two more pictures of complete love. The fish that cannot survive an instant out of water — love as your very element, the thing you can't live without. The song-bird (chatrik) chirping to the rain clouds for its one longed-for drop — love as focused, patient calling. And the verse adds the one warning that runs through the whole Chhant: do not take pride in yourself — pride is the one thing that spoils love, because love is self-forgetting and pride is self-remembering. Give the heart away completely, the fish and the bird both say; don't hold a proud piece of it back.
What's something you love so much it feels like you can't do without it?
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