Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The words of the humble devotees are noble; endlessly they sing the wondrous, unspoken speech of the One.
Their lives bear fruit; they save themselves, and all their generations too.
A good life blesses people you will never meet.
The verse honors the words of the bhagats, the humble devotees. Gaavahi akath kathaa — they sing the story that cannot be told. It is too big for words, and still they sing it. Safal janam bha-i-aa — their lives bear fruit. Aap taray kul taaree — they cross over themselves, and they carry their whole family line across too.
The good of a loving life never stays inside one person. It flows through a family and forward in time. Think of a grandparent who planted a mango tree. Grandchildren who never met her still eat its fruit. To live well is to bless people born long after you.
Whose good life, maybe generations back, still ripples into yours today?
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