Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Friends, now I live close to my Beloved; my whole heart and being feel woven together with the One.
Listen, dear friends — now I rest well, because I have found the One I love.
My confusion is gone; a deep, natural calm has settled over me. A light has dawned inside, and my heart has opened like a flower to the sun.
I have found the One who knows the inside of every heart — and this belonging will never fade. My union lasts forever.
The song ends in rest: the long search is over, and the One has been found.
Man tan har sang hili-aa — heart and body woven together with the One. It is a picture of being very close.
Then comes one of Gurbani's quietest, most human pictures of peace. Neend bhalee — I sleep well now. Think of the deep sleep after a long day, when nothing is left to worry about. The striving is over. The soul can finally rest.
Pargaas bha-i-aa ka-ul khili-aa — light has dawned, and the lotus has opened. The lotus is a flower that opens to the sun. Gurbani often uses it for a heart opening to the One. It calls this blossoming vigaas.
The One is named antarjaamee, the Inner-knower, who knows you completely from the inside.
The last promise is sohaag na tali-aa — this union does not slip away. With it, Guru Arjan ends his whole set of chhants, joyful songs, in Gauree. The last word is about a belonging that lasts.
What is something that, once you found it, let you finally relax and feel at home?
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