Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the sun rises, the night is simply gone — everyone can see how that works.
And they say that when the fabled touchstone meets copper, the copper turns to gold in an instant.
Ravidas shows that real change can happen all at once, completely.
He gives two shining pictures. First, sunrise. When the sun comes up, the dark does not fight the light. It is simply gone. Everyone in the world knows this.
Second, the paaras, a stone from old stories. At its touch, plain copper turns into gold in an instant. Think of flipping on the light in a dark room. You do not wait for the dark to leave little by little.
Both pictures carry the same hopeful message. When the right meeting happens, change can be sudden and whole. Ravidas is getting ready for the next line, where he will say what that magic touchstone really is.
Can you think of a moment when something changed for you all at once, like a light switching on?
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