Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
With empty hands I make my one small request: let me simply see You — let me catch sight of the One I love.
This one says that the deepest wish is simply to see the One you love.
Nirgunee-aaray kee bayntee — the prayer of one with no merit to show. As earlier in the shabad, this is coming with empty hands. Dayh daras har raa-i-o — O Sovereign One, grant me Your daras, the sight of You.
The whole longing narrows down to one humble wish. Not a reward. Not even a rescue. Just to see the Beloved. Think of a child waiting at the window for a parent to come home. They don't want a present. They just want to see that face. That is devotion at its purest: wanting only to be near.
What is one small thing you'd ask for if you could ask for only one?
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