Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I bow humbly to the Supreme One, the True Guru. My mind and body are Yours; the whole world is Yours.
When the curtain that hid You fell away, I came to see You. You are my Master; You are the King of all.
When a curtain lifts, you see the One who was there all along.
It opens with a bow. Aadays means a humble greeting to the Supreme One, the True Guru. Then comes the reason. Man tan tayraa sabh tayraa days — my mind and body are Yours, and the whole world is Yours.
Chookaa parhdaa — the curtain is gone. Parhdaa means a curtain or veil. Imagine a stage before a school play. The curtain hides everything. When it opens, the whole scene is there, lit up. It had been there the whole time.
And what does Guru Arjan see? Khasam toohai sabhnaa kay raa-i-aa — You are my Master and the King of all. The bow is what you naturally do when you see that you belong to what you were looking for.
What is something you could not see for a while, and then suddenly could?
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