Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What a wonder this is — beautiful beyond anything words can hold.
What a wonder this is — beautiful beyond anything words can hold.
The One is never old and never young.
No pain can reach the One, and no shadow of ending can bind it.
The One does not fade and does not go away.
From the very beginning, through all the ages, the One has been present everywhere.
This shabad describes the One by patiently saying what it is not — the way you point at something too vast to draw. The opening achraj kathaa mahaa anoop ('wondrous, beyond compare') is repeated as the rahau, the note held under the whole song. Then: not old, not young; untouched by pain; not caught in any 'noose of death' — rendered gently as no shadow of ending can bind it. The One does not binsai (fade) or jaa-ay (leave). Aad jugaadee — from the beginning and through all ages — the One simply is, everywhere.
How would you describe something wonderful that's too big to fit into words?
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