Why wander around lost? You do something, you get a friend to do it too, and then you say, "Not me!" The One is right beside you the whole time, seeing and hearing, and loving you anyway. Sometimes we trade gold for a piece of glass. We hang out with what hurts us and drift from the friend who helps. What is good tastes bitter for a moment, and what is empty tastes sweet. Chasing the empty wears you out, like falling down a dark well. And here is the hope. When the One is kind, you meet the Guru, who grabs your arm and pulls you up. At the centre, the Rahao: why wander lost, when the One is always with you, seeing and hearing?
Key Vocabulary
aisay kaahay bhool paray: why wander lost
sadaa sang haray: the One ever-present
kaach / kanchan: glass and gold
andh koop: the dark, low place
gur bhaytai kaadhai baah faray: the Guru lifts you out by the arm
Themes and Cross-Connections
Never unseen, inverted values set right, and rescue by the arm.
For Raag Bilaaval
Closes the run on the raag's keynote — trouble met, and a hand that lifts.
Translation Notes
Andh koop, a deep, dark pit, appears here as a low, dark place, and burning away as being worn out — the sense of being stuck is kept, and the turn to rescue stands at the front.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is always with you Preview: a deed denied, glass traded for gold, a dark well, and an arm that pulls you up.
Today: Why wander around lost? You do something, you get a friend to do it too, and then you say, "Not me!" The One is right beside you the whole time, seeing and hearing, and loving you anyway. Sometimes we trade gold for a piece of glass. We hang out with what hurts us and drift from the friend who helps. What is good tastes bitter for a moment, and what is empty tastes sweet. Chasing the empty wears you out, like falling down a dark well. And here is the hope. When the One is kind, you meet the Guru, who grabs your arm and pulls you up.
The One is always beside you, and the Guru lifts you out.
For today: Own up to one small thing today, plainly, knowing the One is right beside you.
However far down you feel, a hand can reach you.
The Arc
Why wander around lost? You do something, you get a friend to do it too, and then you say, "Not me!" The One is right beside you the whole time, seeing and hearing, and loving you anyway. Sometimes we trade gold for a piece of glass. We hang out with what hurts us and drift from the friend who helps. What is good tastes bitter for a moment, and what is empty tastes sweet. Chasing the empty wears you out, like falling down a dark well. And here is the hope. When the One is kind, you meet the Guru, who grabs your arm and pulls you up. At the centre, the Rahao: why wander lost, when the One is always with you, seeing and hearing?
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Never unseen, inverted values set right, and rescue by the arm.
For Raag Bilaaval
Closes the run on the raag's keynote — trouble met, and a hand that lifts.
Translation Notes
Andh koop, a deep, dark pit, appears here as a low, dark place, and burning away as being worn out — the sense of being stuck is kept, and the turn to rescue stands at the front.
Hukumnama
Subject: The One is always with you Preview: a deed denied, glass traded for gold, a dark well, and an arm that pulls you up.
Today: Why wander around lost? You do something, you get a friend to do it too, and then you say, "Not me!" The One is right beside you the whole time, seeing and hearing, and loving you anyway. Sometimes we trade gold for a piece of glass. We hang out with what hurts us and drift from the friend who helps. What is good tastes bitter for a moment, and what is empty tastes sweet. Chasing the empty wears you out, like falling down a dark well. And here is the hope. When the One is kind, you meet the Guru, who grabs your arm and pulls you up.
The One is always beside you, and the Guru lifts you out.
For today: Own up to one small thing today, plainly, knowing the One is right beside you.