Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The restless thirst in your mind will finally be quenched, and the hopes you carry will be filled.
Your heart will stop wobbling and second-guessing. Taste the Name that gives life — the way a friend, one who lives by the teaching, would gently show you.
This one says the Name settles the thirst inside you and steadies a wobbly heart.
Utar jaa-ay tayray man kee pi-aas — the thirst of your mind will go away. This is not a thirst for water. It is the restless wanting that more stuff never fills. Dolai naahee tumraa cheet — your mind will stop wobbling. Think of a table with one short leg that finally gets a folded napkin under it. It stops rocking.
The verse ends with an invitation. Amrit naam jap gurmukh meet — taste the life-giving Name as a gurmukh, O friend. Amrit means life-giving nectar. A gurmukh is someone whose face is turned toward the teaching. Meet means friend. The whole line is said warmly, the way a friend would invite you in.
What kind of "thirst" inside you never quite gets quenched by more stuff?
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