Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be glad, and give your whole heart to the One -- love that is aimed at a single place.
When you do, the old ache of coming and going fades, and you rest inside what is real.
There is a steady joy waiting for anyone who walks in step with the Guru's way.
Sit in the Sangat, sing with love, and let the praise keep flowing.
Nanak says: beautiful are the ones who, turned toward the Guru, are gathered into the Oneness.
A Guru Amar Das shalok, and the fourth "Bilaaval" meditation in a row -- each one redefining the raag's joy as an inner condition. Aykas si-o liv laa-ay (attune to the One) is the whole instruction. Satsangtee bahi bhaa-o kar -- "sit in the Sangat and do it with love" -- is the Vaar's social heart: goodness is caught in the Sangat. Sohnay (beautiful) is reserved, as always in this Vaar, for the inner condition, never the outer show.
Satsangtee points to the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One.
Who are the people you feel more like your best self around?
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