Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A confused world can call the sweet bitter and the bitter sweet. It can even turn on the very people who are soaked in love — and that, honestly, is something I have seen in these mixed-up times.
A mixed-up world may make fun of the most loving people, but their goodness stays good no matter what.
This is the last of the flips, and the most touching. Meethay ka-o ka-urhaa kahai — the sweet is called bitter, and the bitter is called sweet. Our sense of what is good for us gets turned around.
Then comes the sad part. Raatay kee nindaa karahi — people speak badly of the raatay. Raatay means those soaked through with love for the One, like cloth soaked in dye.
Guru Nanak says it plainly: this is what he has seen. When a loving person is mocked, the lesson is never "what did they do wrong?" The world's judgment is upside-down, and their goodness is still good. Think of a gold medal someone calls junk. It is still gold.
So stay soaked in love, even when confused people laugh at it.
If someone is being unkind to you or hurting you, that is never something you have to accept. Telling a grown-up you trust is always the right thing to do.
Have you seen a kind person get teased for their kindness? What would you want to say to them?
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