Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even in the hardest, most frightening places a person can find themselves, You are the one who helps me.
Nanak says: I came into Your shelter and held on to Your feet, and through the Guru, God gave me this understanding.
In the hardest place, the One is the help.
Jah mahaa bha-i-aan dookh jam sunee-ai — where the worst pains and fears are heard of. Yama, the messenger of death, stands for the scariest thing anyone can imagine. Tah mayray parabh toohai sahaa-ee — there, my God, You are my help. Saran pari-o har charan gahay — I came to Your shelter and held Your feet. Think of a small child in a thunderstorm, holding a parent's hand. The storm is loud, and the hand is what the child holds on to.
Who do you want beside you when things get frightening?
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