ਸੁਭਰ ਭਰੇ ਨ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਊਣੇ ਜੋ ਰਾਤੇ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਾਈ ਰੇ ॥
subhar bharay na hoveh oonay jo raatay rang laa-ee ray.
Those who are imbued with, and committed to the Lord's Love, are filled to overflowing; they never lack anything.
ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਪੰਕ ਹੋਵੈ ਜੇ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਉ ਮੂੜਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਪਾਈ ਰੇ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੬॥
tin kee pank hovai jay naanak ta-o moorhaa kichh paa-ee ray. ||4||4||16||
If Nanak could be the dust of their feet, then he, the ignorant one, might also obtain some. ||4||4||16||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those soaked in love for the One are full to the brim; they never go short of anything. If only I could be the dust under their feet, then even I, who knows so little, might catch a little of it.
Those full of the One's love lack nothing -- and we catch it by keeping their company.
The blessed are overflowing, lacking nothing. Nanak ends in his characteristic humility: to be the dust of their feet is to learn by nearness to those further along. Even realization is caught more than taught.
A Question to Sit With
Who do you know that seems "full" rather than always wanting? What is that like to be around?
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