Love That Runs All Day and Night, Resting Near the Guru
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind and body are soaked through with love for the One I love — every hour of the day and night.
Pour Your kindness over Nanak, so he can rest in peace, close to the True Guru.
A gentle Shalok of longing and rest. Athay pahar lagann — "all eight watches" of the day, meaning constantly — is a love that runs quietly underneath everything, every hour, special day or not. Then comes the request, kirpaa dhaar... sukh vasann — "pour Your kindness, that I may dwell in peace" — and the outcome rests in grace: peace is asked for and received, not seized. Dwelling or resting in peace beside the True Guru is one of the softest images in the Vaar — love that leads to rest instead of striving.
What is something you love steadily, even when you are not thinking about it?
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