Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Look — the flowers are flowering, blossom after blossom!
Let go of your pride, the "me first" feeling. Let it go.
Hold on to the One's lotus feet.
Meet the One, you lucky one.
O my mind, keep the One in your thoughts.
The tender young plants smell so sweet, while others stay like dry wood.
Spring has come, and everything bursts into bloom.
Spring is here, and everything is blooming. Your heart can bloom too.
The rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad, sits right in the middle of this verse: har chayt man mayray — my mind, keep the One in your thoughts. Everything else in the shabad grows around that one line.
Daykh fool fool foolay — look, the flowers are flowering! It is the happiest picture of spring. Then comes the way to join in. Aha-n ti-aag ti-aagay: let go of ego (haumai — the feeling of being a separate self), the proud "me first" feeling. Charan kamal paagay: hold on to the One's lotus feet, a gentle way of saying the One's loving presence.
Picture a garden after rain. The young plants are soft and smell sweet. Other plants stay stiff and dry, like old wood. Pride is what keeps a heart dry. Letting it go lets the heart soak up the spring.
What helps you stay soft and open instead of stiff and closed off?
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