Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Free me from the endless round of beginnings and endings -- worn out, I have come and rested at Your door.
I hold on close, in the Sangat, and Your love feels sweet to me. Be kind, and fasten me to the very edge of Your robe, so I never drift away. Nanak says: I keep the Naam in mind.
The opening verse. janam maran nivaar rendered as release from the round of beginnings and endings, kept free of death-fear. larh laa-ay -- attach me to the hem, an image of a child holding a parent's clothing so as not to be lost. naam dhi-aa-ay -- keeping the Name.
geh charan saadhoo sang -- holding on in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One.
What do you hold on to so you don't feel lost?
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