Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are your own master, my One; there is no Giver as great as you. And I live by the Name -- by your mercy, I keep it on my lips.
Even being able to remember the One is itself a gift.
Raam tum aapay aap aap parabh thaakur — O One, You are Your own Master. Tum jayvad avar na daatay — there is no Giver as great as You.
Jan naanak naam la-ay taa jeevai — servant Nanak lives only by taking the Name. Har japee-ai har kirpaa tay — and we can repeat the One's Name only by the One's kirpaa, mercy. So even our remembering is grace.
The shabad began with trust: wherever You lead, I go. It ends by living fully on the One's gift. Think of a child making a card for a parent with crayons the parent bought. Even the gift we give comes from the Giver.
What in your life do you "live by" so completely you would be lost without it?
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