Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Colored through with the One, pain does not cling.
The heart stays awake and aware, through day and night.
It comes to live in a natural, easy peace.
And confusion and fear simply run off and are gone.
Guru Arjan describes the calm inner weather of a heart colored with the One.
Dookh na laagai: pain does not stick. An-din jaagai: awake night and day. This is the alertness of a heart that is present, not asleep to life. Sahj ghar vasai: living in the home of sahj, the natural, easy peace of a soul that has stopped fighting. Bharam bha-o nasai: doubt and fear run away.
Think of a lake on a still morning. There is no wind, and you can see right to the bottom. This verse is a picture of the settled inner life that love makes.
What does it feel like when you're so at ease that worries just don't stick?
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