Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have done so many wrong things; I have gone astray. The Guru has cut them away, cut them all away.
The Guru has placed the healing medicine of the Naam of the One, Har, Har, in my mouth. Nanak says: I, Your servant, had fallen, and I am made pure and clean.
However many wrongs you have done, the Guru cuts them away and gives you the Naam as medicine.
Ham baho paap kee-ay apraaDhee means "I have done many wrongs; I am at fault." Gur kaatay katit kateet means "the Guru cut them away, cut and cut again," like a gardener pruning dead branches so the plant can grow.
Har har naam dee-o mukh a-ukhaDh means "the Guru put the medicine of the Naam in my mouth." A-ukhaDh is medicine. Jan naanak patit puneet means "servant Nanak, who had fallen, is made pure." Guru Ram Das signs his verses as Nanak.
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