Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen, lucky ones, to the sweet true words that carry the One.
They sink in most deeply when a heart is soft and ready.
The quiet, wordless meaning opens up to a heart touched by kindness.
Such a heart comes fully alive, and its troubles and quarrels melt away.
It finds shelter and never wants to leave; that love feels good all through.
Keep singing the sweet true words, always.
A verse about receiving the Bani — the sacred Word. It's given freely, but it "enters the heart" of one whose "karma is pre-ordained" — rendered gently as a heart that is soft and ready, so as not to suggest arbitrary favoritism. The "Unspoken Speech" (akath kathaa — the story that can't be told) is known "unto whom God shows mercy": the deepest things are understood not by cleverness but by a certain readiness of heart. The one who receives it "becomes immortal" — rendered as coming fully alive — and finds a shelter they never want to leave. For a child: some true things only sink in when your heart is soft and open; a hard, hurried heart just skims past them.
What helps your heart feel soft and open, ready to really take something in?
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