Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One's wonderful plays are songs of joy and bliss. In kindness, the One of highest bliss has met me.
I have met my Master, the One who brings peace, and every wish of my heart is fulfilled.
Cheers of congratulation ring out. I have melted with ease into the One, and I will never cry out in pain again.
The One hugs me close and shows me peace. Every wrong and every harm is gone.
Nanak prays: I have met my Master, the first Being, full of bliss.
Meeting the One is a homecoming: every wish is fulfilled, and every sorrow melts into joy.
It opens with mangalchaar choj aanandaa. Mangalchaar means songs of joy. Choj means wonderful plays. Aanandaa means bliss. The One's world is full of delight.
The verse gives the One a name: parmaanandaa, "supreme bliss." Then comes a warm picture: lay kanth laa-ay, "the One hugs me close." Kanth means the neck, so this is a big hug.
Think of a child running to a parent at the airport after a long trip. The hug says everything. This chhant, and the whole set of shabads, ends like that: fulfilled, celebrated, and at peace.
What does your happiest, most peaceful homecoming feel like?
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