Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sometimes the One feels so near and yet I still can't quite see — like being close and missing it.
I could list all my not-enoughs and wonder how I could ever be invited close.
So I simply ask, plainly: please meet me, kind One, treasure of mercy.
And then the wall of doubt cracks open, and I rest easy, catching even a glimpse of the One.
Oh, to come fully into that presence and sing for joy!
I ask the shelter of good company: help me see clearly.
The verse voices a tender humility — the soul-bride feels full of avgan (demerits, not-enoughs) and unworthy to be "called to the Mansion." The qMonk voice renders this not as self-loathing but as honest smallness that still dares to ask ("treasure of mercy, please meet me"). The breakthrough image is lovely: bharam kapaat — "the wall of doubt is shattered" — and then "I sleep in peace," resting easy after long restlessness. Doubt, not sin, is named the real barrier; and it falls not by the bride's effort but by asking and grace. For a child: the thing standing between you and peace is often just doubt — the worried voice saying you're not enough — and it can crack open the moment you stop arguing with it and simply ask for help.
What worried thought sometimes tells you you're 'not enough'? What might happen if you let it go?
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