Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Such is my Friend and Companion:
when I met the Guru, love for the One was planted in me.
This one says the One is a true Friend, and love for the One is planted in us by the Guru.
Aisaa hamraa sakhaa sahaa-ee — "such is my Friend and Companion." The One is not a distant boss. This is a close friendship. Another shabad in Aasaa says it too: there is no friend like You.
Gur har mili-aa bhagat drirhaa-ee — meeting the Guru, bhagat (loving devotion) was planted inside me. You do not make this love by trying harder and harder. It is like a seed a gardener puts in the ground. The Guru plants it, and it grows.
What good thing was "planted" in you by someone, that later grew on its own?
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