Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Let your strong wanting and your anger be your two hoes, and dig the earth of your farm with them, my friends.
The more you dig, the more peace you find. What you have done before cannot be wiped away.
Even desire and anger can become digging tools, and the more you dig, the more peace you find.
A striking image: kaam (strong desire) and krodh (anger) become basolay, digging hoes. The very energies that trouble us turn into tools that break up hard ground. Digging (looking honestly at yourself, steady effort) yields sukh, peace. Kirat na mayti-aa jaa-ee: what has been done stays done, and the digging goes on from where you stand.
Can a feeling that usually causes trouble ever be turned into something useful?
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