Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
To every home, into every heart, the call goes out -- and it comes a little closer every day. Keep in mind the One who is calling. That day is coming near.
The closing of Sohila: the summons -- the call home, death -- comes to every house and every heart; none is exempt. But far from morbid, the response is to remember the One who summons: live ready, with the Name, so the call is a homecoming, not a terror (Hukam). "That day is drawing near" is the gentle urgency that closes the whole Mehl 1 sequence -- fitting, since Sikh Rehat Maryada prescribes this prayer at the cremation pyre and names it the night prayer.
If you remembered the call was coming, what would you want to be doing with your days?
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