ਸਾਤ ਘੜੀ ਜਬ ਬੀਤੀ ਸੁਣੀ ॥
saat gharhee jab beetee sunee.
Three hours passed,
ਅਜਹੁ ਨ ਆਇਓ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਧਣੀ ॥੧੪॥
ajahu na aa-i-o taribhavan Dhanee. ||14||
and even then, the Lord of the three worlds had not come. ||14||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Three long hours went by,
and still the Lord of the three worlds had not come.
The hardest part of trust is often the waiting.
Waiting is often the hardest part of trusting.
Saat gharee jab beetee sunee: seven gharis passed. A ghari is about twenty-four minutes, so this is close to three hours. Ajahu na aa-i-o tribhavan dhanee: and still the Master of the three worlds had not come. The story stays with the ache of the wait, the gap between trusting and seeing, and does not rush past it. Namdev has done all he can, and the answer has not come yet.
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