Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A heart joined to the One is like someone deeply, happily at home — full of quiet joy.
It never feels abandoned, because the One it loves is always there and never leaves.
It doesn't ache the way it used to; remembering, it feels lucky and blessed.
It rests easy, old troubles wiped clean, and wakes to gladness and love.
The Name is its finest ornament, and the words of the Beloved are sweet to it.
"My deepest wish came true — I found what lasts forever."
This is the shabad's warm centerpiece: the suhaagan — the "happy wife" — the soul that has found what never leaves. The key contrast is with the widow: "she does not sit around like a widow, because the Lord God lives forever." The One you love most cannot be lost, so the deepest fear — abandonment — is answered at the root. The bride "sleeps in peaceful ease" (sukh sohilaa) and "wakes to the joy of the Naam" — rest and waking both saturated with gladness. Her ornament is the Name (again beauty relocated inward). The whole verse is a picture of security — the settled happiness of someone who knows the thing they love can't be taken away. For a child this is a profound comfort: the very best love is one that never abandons you.
What makes you feel safe and settled, like everything is going to be okay?
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