Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I hang my deepest hope on a friend instead of the One, I'll find it just can't hold the weight.
A hope like that grows out of feeling separate from the One, and it can fade away in a single moment.
So I place my hope in my truest Beloved, who sees every bit of effort I make and never lets it go to waste.
Bhaa-o doojaa -- “the love of duality” -- is one of Gurbani's key ideas: the sense of being separate from the One, which makes us cling to substitutes. A hope built on that footing is jhooth (unreal) and binas jaa-ee (passes away) in a khin (an instant). Standing against it is the saachaa (true) Beloved who ghaali-aa sabh thaa-ay paa-ee -- places every effort exactly where it belongs and honors it. Friendship stays precious; the deepest ground of your hope is the One.
What effort of yours would you most like to trust is not being wasted?
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