Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O friend, who will you complain to?
Everything comes to be in the flow of life, and everything happens in the flow of life.
Everything happens in the flow of life, so there is no one else to complain to.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Ray jan kai si-o karahu pukaaraa: O friend, to whom will you complain? Hukmay ho-aa hukmay vartaaraa: by Hukam, the flow of existence, everything came to be, and by Hukam everything goes on. This is trust, and it leaves your own part in place: you still do your share, and you stop fighting the river you are swimming in.
When something's out of your control, does it help to remember it's part of something bigger?
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