ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mehlaa 1.
Aasaa, First Mehl:
ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਆਈ ॥
ik aavahi ik jaaveh aa-ee.
Some come, and after they come, they go.
ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਰਹਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥
ik har raatay raheh samaa-ee.
Some are imbued with the Lord; they remain absorbed in Him.
ਇਕਿ ਧਰਨਿ ਗਗਨ ਮਹਿ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥
ik Dharan gagan meh tha-ur na paavahi.
Some find no place of rest at all, on the earth or in the sky.
ਸੇ ਕਰਮਹੀਣ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ॥੧॥
say karamheen har naam na Dhi-aavahi. ||1||
Those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord are the most unfortunate. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some arrive, and no sooner than they come, they go.
Some are soaked in the One and stay absorbed in it.
Some find no resting place anywhere, on earth or in sky; the ones who never remember the Name are the most unlucky of all.
The unluckiest aren't the poor or the lowly — they're the ones with no inner resting place.
A survey of three ways of passing through life: the restless who come and go, the absorbed who abide, and the homeless who find no rest "on the earth or in the sky." The "most unfortunate" are simply those who forget the Name — and their misfortune is exactly the homelessness of Shabad 27, the inner exile.
A Question to Sit With
What gives a person a resting place inside, no matter what is happening around them?
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