Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Every day, I hold the lotus feet of God in my mind.
What wisdom will bring me to my Beloved?
Even while holding the One close every day, the heart keeps asking how to come all the way home.
This is the Rahao, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad.
Charan kamal means lotus feet. It is a picture of the One's beautiful, pure presence, held humbly in the heart. A lotus grows up clean and lovely out of muddy water.
Kavan so mat jit preetam paava-o — what understanding will bring me to my Beloved? The question stays open. An open question is like a door left open, so the answer can walk in.
What is a question you carry in your heart that does not have an easy answer?
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