Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The very fortunate ones sing the praises of the One.
Says Nanak: through the Guru's teaching, one comes to love the Name.
Even the love that makes the practice sweet is a gift.
Har har har jas japai vadbhaagee — the very fortunate ones sing the One's praises. Singing is shown as a blessing, a stroke of good fortune.
Naanak gurmat naam liv laagee — says Nanak, through the Guru's teaching, one comes to love the Name. Liv means a loving attention that stays fixed, like a sunflower that keeps turning to the sun.
The shabad began with a hunger for the Name. It ends with the answer: a love that the Guru wakes up in us. We do not make that love ourselves. It is given.
What is a love you didn't manufacture, but that grew in you over time?
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