Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes a person is a king, and sometimes a beggar.
The world is tied up in pain and pleasure.
They make no plan to set their mind free, and the chains of wrongdoing keep holding them.
Fortunes swing between king and beggar, and a mind that never prepares stays tied up.
Kab hee raajaa kab manganhaar: now a king, now a beggar. Dookh sookh baadhou sansaar: the world is tied to pain and pleasure, swinging like a boat with no anchor. Man udhran kaa saaj naahi: no plan is made to lift and free the mind, and the chains of wrongdoing keep holding on. Set the anchor before the storms come.
What is something steady you can hold onto when good days and hard days keep trading places?
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