Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak, the One's servant, says: I have come to the One's shelter.
Please give me Your Naam, so I can keep on singing Your praises.
One gift is worth asking for: the Naam, so you can keep singing the One's goodness.
jan naanak har kee sarnaa-ay — servant Nanak comes to the One's sarnaa-ay, the shelter. Shelter is where you are safe, like coming indoors out of a storm.
Then comes the request. deejai naam — please give me the Naam. He does not ask for money or praise. It is like a child who, asked what they want for their birthday, just says, "Time with you." The Naam is a gift that is given, not earned. With it, Nanak says, he will keep on singing.
If you could ask for just one thing to keep forever, what would it be?
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