Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my dear beloved camel-mind, listen to just this one teaching from the teacher.
All this grasping after the world's shimmering things spreads so wide and looks so real. Yet in the end, none of it travels with you.
All the grabbing for things looks so real, yet none of it goes with us in the end.
Man karhalaa mayray pi-aari-aa — my dear, beloved camel-mind. The Guru speaks to the mind with great tenderness. Ik gur kee sikh sunaa-ay — hear this one teaching. The whole song narrows down to a single lesson.
Ih moh maa-i-aa pasri-aa — this clinging, moh, to maa-i-aa is spread everywhere. Maa-i-aa is the shiny, passing show of the world. It is everywhere, and it feels very real.
Ant saath na ko-ee jaa-ay — in the end, nothing goes along. Think of a video game. When you switch it off, all the coins you collected stay inside it.
This is a gentle reminder, not a threat. It shows clearly what is worth loving. Only what we became, and the Name we carried, goes on with us.
If you could only keep what you truly became, what would you most want to have grown into?
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