Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O One, my Lord and Master, You are the great banker, and I am only a poor peddler. Please give me the wealth to trade with.
Nanak says: O One, be kind and gentle to Your servant, so that I may load up the goods of the One, Har, Har.
The One holds all the wealth, and you come with empty hands, asking to be filled with the Naam.
Tum(H) har saah vaday means "You, O One, are the great banker." Ham vanjaaray means "I am a peddler," a small trader who walks from village to village with a pack on his back. Raas is the money a trader starts with.
Lad vaakhar har har layn means "so that I may load up the goods of the One." The goods are the Naam. Guru Ram Das signs his verses as Nanak. Coming with empty hands is honest, and it leaves room to be filled.
What is the most valuable thing you could carry through life that is not money?
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