Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is a deeper happiness. Even the great powers of the heavens hold it in awe.
That is the one I've come to know as real and true.
Kabir points past the quick kind of pleasure to a deeper joy, and he calls that joy true.
Is sukh tay siv barahm daraanaa — even Shiva and Brahma, great gods in the Hindu stories, are in awe of this joy. It is so vast that even the mightiest stand before it with wonder. So sukh hamhu saach kar jaanaa — that joy I have come to know as saach, true and lasting.
So there are two kinds of happiness. One is the passing pleasure-chase. The other is the joy of resting in the One. Think of a sticker on a T-shirt, and a color dyed right into the cloth. The sticker peels off in the wash. The dye stays.
What kind of happiness stays with you long after the fun moment is over?
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