Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my Master, fearless and spotless One, please save me. I have done wrong; I am like a stone that sinks.
Desire, anger, greed and wrongdoing pull me along. Yet in Your company I am carried across, like iron riding in a wooden boat.
However heavy you feel, close to the One you are carried across, like iron in a wooden boat.
Su-aamee abhai niranjan narhar means "O Master, fearless and spotless One." Ham paapee paath means "I have done wrong; I am a stone." A stone dropped in water sinks straight down.
Kaam kroDh bikhi-aa lobh means "desire, anger, corruption and greed." These are strong pulls in every person. Kaasat loh taray sang saath means "iron crosses in the company of wood." Iron alone sinks. Laid in a wooden boat, it floats across. That is how the One's company carries you.
What is something heavy you could not carry alone but managed with help?
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