Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Wonder! Wonder! — the One itself moves us to praise it, through the true Word.
'Wonder, wonder!' is its praise; how rare are those who get it. That cry of wonder is the true Word by which we meet the One. Nanak says: crying 'Wonder!' the One is reached, by its grace.
Here begins the Vaar's great Waaho! Waaho! litany — an exclamation best rendered as "Wonder!" or "Wow!", the spontaneous cry of a heart astonished by the One. This is Vismaad, the raag's awe, made vocal. And note: even this cry "the Lord Himself causes us" to make — wonder is not manufactured but evoked; the One draws the astonishment out of us. Praise begins as something that happens to you.
When did something last draw an involuntary 'wow' out of you? What was it?
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