Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Don't wait — turn toward the One now, today, while you can.
Not one of us knows how much time we have, so there's no reason to put off what matters most.
The very best moment of any day is the moment the One comes into your mind.
Live close to that, and the fear of endings loosens its grip.
This is an urgency verse, but its urgency is warm, not frightening. Ik pal chasaa na keejai — "do not delay even an instant." The stark line ko jaanai jam kai vas peejai — "who knows whether one will draw another breath" — is real memento mori, but the qMonk voice frames it toward living fully now rather than fear of death: "turn toward the One today, while you can." The luminous middle line is what the verse is really about: so ghari so muhat so pal so chhin — that hour, that moment, that instant is "fruitful" (safal) when the One "comes into the mind." The closing image — "the Messenger of Death does not draw near" — is rendered as fear loosening its grip: a heart that remembers is not haunted by endings.
What is something good you keep meaning to do 'later' that you could do today instead?
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