Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I've wandered a long, long way and carried a lot of heavy weight. I got caught up in sweet pleasures and shiny gold.
But now I've taken shelter with the One, and found real peace — because nothing was ever done by me alone anyway.
By Your kindness, I have found calm and joy, and I cross the wide ocean of this world.
This one says so much tiredness comes from thinking everything is up to you.
The verse tells the shape of a whole journey. Bharmay janam anayk — I wandered through many lives. The traveler carried heavy loads of grabbing and mistakes. Now, at last, he comes home.
The answer is shelter. Ab ot Dhaaree parabh muraaree — now I have taken the protection of God. And he finds sarab sukh, total peace.
The line that opens the peace is a quiet setting-down of a burden. Mujh tay kachhoo na ho-aa hon — nothing was done, or will be done, by me alone. Think of a group project where you were sure you had to do everything, and then you find your teammates were helping the whole time. You were never carrying it alone. Set the load down.
When has it helped to remember you don't have to do everything by yourself?
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