Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Mother, whatever is going to be, will be.
The One runs through its whole creation; one person gains while another loses.
Whatever is going to happen will happen, and that can bring peace. This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad.
maa-ee honhaar so ho-ee-ai — Mother, whatever is to be, shall be. This is not giving up. It sets us free from a tiring idea: that our worrying controls what happens.
kahaa laabh kahaa kho-ee-ai — one person gains, another loses. Gains and losses come and go inside the One's bigger work. Think of flying a kite. You hold the string, but the wind does the lifting. Peace comes from trusting the wind, not from gripping the string harder.
What outcome are you clutching that might ask, instead, for a trusting 'whatever will be, will be'?
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