ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਆਸਾ ਕਰਿ ਜਗਦੀਸ ਗੁਸਾਈ ॥
mayray man aasaa kar jagdees gusaa-ee.
O my mind, place your hopes in the Lord of the World, the Master of the Universe.
ਜੋ ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਆਸ ਅਵਰ ਕਾਹੂ ਕੀ ਕੀਜੈ ਸਾ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਆਸ ਸਭ ਬਿਰਥੀ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jo bin har aas avar kaahoo kee keejai saa nihfal aas sabh birthee jaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
That hope which is placed in any other than the Lord - that hope is fruitless, and totally useless. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, put your hope in the One who holds the whole world.
Any hope you place in anyone other than the One bears no fruit, and all of it goes to waste.
Hope set on the One who holds the whole world is the hope that holds.
Set your hope on the One who holds it all.
This is the rahau -- the pause, the refrain -- the note the whole shabad keeps returning to. Jagdees and gusaa-ee are both names for the One as keeper of the world. The contrast is plain: hope resting anywhere else turns out nihfal (fruitless) and birthee (empty). Because it is the rahau, this is the melody to keep humming quietly under every other verse.
A Question to Sit With
When has something you counted on let you down -- and what stayed steady underneath?
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