Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Turned toward the Guru, they are dyed through and through by the Word.
At home in their own deepest self, they sing the One's praises, coloured a deep crimson of love — so beautiful. And this color never washes out; it soaks all the way in until they merge with the True One.
Real love is a color that soaks all the way through and never washes out.
Rang chaloolai is the deep, strong red of the poppy flower. It is a dye that kaday na utrai — never fades.
The Guru sets it against the world's cheap dyes. Gurbani calls those jhooth, the false, the things that only seem real. They wash off after one rinse. Think of a painted-on logo that peels off in the laundry, next to a shirt dyed deep red through every thread. Real love has gone all the way through the cloth.
What is something you love so deeply it has become part of who you are?
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