Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O mind, let your love for the Highest One burst into bloom.
Grow wise by living what you learn, and by asking the One's humble people.
Whoever joins the Sangat of holy people is the one who lives a true life of hard practice.
Whoever loves the Guru is always deep in meditation.
Love for the One opens like a flower, and it grows best among holy people.
Pareet paarbarahm ma-ul manaa — O mind, let your love for the Highest One blossom. Gi-aan kamaa-ee-ai poochh janaa — earn wisdom by living it, and by asking the One's humble people.
The next line turns an old idea around. A tapsee was someone who left home to live alone, giving up comforts to find the One. Here the true tapsee is the one who joins the saadhsang, the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Think of learning to swim. You learn faster in a pool with a good coach and friends than by reading about it alone. And sad dhi-aanee jis gureh rang — the one who loves the Guru is always, quietly, remembering the One.
Who is a good, wise person you learn from just by being around them?
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