Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says: true is the song of the One's praise.
Again and again, my mind soaks in it.
The song of praise is true and lasting, and the heart keeps coming home to it.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the centre of the shabad, the still point the whole song circles back to. "kaho naanak keerat har saachee" — Nanak says the praise of the One is true. Keerat means praise in song, and saachee means real and lasting.
"bahur bahur tis sang man raachee" — again and again, my mind soaks in it. Think of your favorite chair at home. However far you go, you come back and sink into it. The whole song follows that pattern: the heart keeps coming home to the One.
What do you find yourself happily returning to, again and again?
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